New York Five
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The New York Five were a group of influential late-20th-century architects known for their rigorously geometric, white, modernist-inspired designs that helped shape early postmodern architectural discourse in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York Five canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T918470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: New York Five Context triple: [Postmodern architecture, hasMovementWithin, New York Five]
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Delaware Blue Coats
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Kansas City Wiz
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Chicago Stags
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Maine Celtics
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: New York Five Target entity description: The New York Five were a group of influential late-20th-century architects known for their rigorously geometric, white, modernist-inspired designs that helped shape early postmodern architectural discourse in the United States.
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A.
Delaware Blue Coats
The Delaware Blue Coats are a professional basketball team in the NBA G League that serves as the developmental affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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B.
Kansas City Wiz
Kansas City Wiz was the original name of the Major League Soccer club now known as Sporting Kansas City.
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C.
Tri-City Americans
The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based in Kennewick, Washington.
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D.
Chicago Stags
The Chicago Stags were a professional basketball team based in Chicago that competed in the late 1940s and early NBA era before folding in 1950.
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E.
Maine Celtics
The Maine Celtics are the NBA G League developmental team for the Boston Celtics, based in Portland, Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural group
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architecture book ⓘ collective of architects ⓘ |
| about | New York Five self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| alias | The Whites ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American postwar architecture
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Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies ⓘ architectural theory ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | historically referential postmodernism ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | late 20th century ⓘ |
| field | architecture ⓘ |
| hasMemberCount | 5 ⓘ |
| hasPublicationAbout | Five Architects ⓘ |
| influenced |
discourse on formalism in architecture
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late 20th-century architectural education ⓘ postmodern architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Le Corbusier ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| member |
Charles Gwathmey
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John Hejduk ⓘ Michael Graves ⓘ Peter Eisenman ⓘ Richard Meier ⓘ |
| movement |
modern architecture
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postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on early postmodern architectural discourse in the United States
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modernist-inspired aesthetics ⓘ rigorously geometric designs ⓘ white, planar compositions ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Charles Gwathmey
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John Hejduk ⓘ Michael Graves ⓘ Peter Eisenman ⓘ Richard Meier ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
abstract geometric volumes
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formal autonomy of architecture ⓘ gridded compositions ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ white surfaces ⓘ |
| theoreticalPosition |
continuation of high modernist principles
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emphasis on formal and spatial autonomy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New York Five Description of subject: The New York Five were a group of influential late-20th-century architects known for their rigorously geometric, white, modernist-inspired designs that helped shape early postmodern architectural discourse in the United States.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Five Architects