Colin Rowe
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Colin Rowe was a British architectural historian and theorist known for his influential essays on modernism, urban form, and the relationship between classical and modern architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colin Rowe canonical | 3 |
| Colin Frederick Rowe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3401360 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Rowe Context triple: [Sigfried Giedion, influenced, Colin Rowe]
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A.
Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks was a prominent architectural theorist and critic best known for popularizing and defining postmodern architecture through his influential writings and design work.
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B.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a 19th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Western Australia.
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C.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a prominent British architect known for his influential transition from modernism to postmodernism, marked by bold forms, complex geometries, and innovative use of color and materials.
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D.
Leon Krier
Leon Krier is a Luxembourgish architect, theorist, and urban planner known as a leading advocate of traditional architecture and a key intellectual figure behind the New Urbanism movement.
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E.
Reyner Banham
Reyner Banham was a prominent 20th-century British architectural historian and critic known for his influential writings on modernism, Brutalism, and the impact of technology and popular culture on the built environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Rowe Target entity description: Colin Rowe was a British architectural historian and theorist known for his influential essays on modernism, urban form, and the relationship between classical and modern architecture.
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A.
Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks was a prominent architectural theorist and critic best known for popularizing and defining postmodern architecture through his influential writings and design work.
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B.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a 19th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Western Australia.
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C.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a prominent British architect known for his influential transition from modernism to postmodernism, marked by bold forms, complex geometries, and innovative use of color and materials.
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D.
Leon Krier
Leon Krier is a Luxembourgish architect, theorist, and urban planner known as a leading advocate of traditional architecture and a key intellectual figure behind the New Urbanism movement.
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E.
Reyner Banham
Reyner Banham was a prominent 20th-century British architectural historian and critic known for his influential writings on modernism, Brutalism, and the impact of technology and popular culture on the built environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural historian
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architecture theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| coAuthoredWork | Collage City ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Fred Koetter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1999-11-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Liverpool
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The Warburg Institute ⓘ
surface form:
Warburg Institute
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| employer |
Cornell University
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University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| familyName | Rowe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architectural history
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architectural theory ⓘ urban design theory ⓘ |
| fullName |
Colin Rowe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Colin Frederick Rowe
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| genre |
architectural essay
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theoretical treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Colin ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
Peter Eisenman
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Rem Koolhaas ⓘ architectural postmodernism ⓘ urban design discourse in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Andrea Palladio
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Le Corbusier ⓘ Rudolf Wittkower ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative analysis of classical and modern architecture
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critical writings on modernism ⓘ essays on modern architecture ⓘ theory of collage city ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
city planning theory
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classical architecture ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ urban form ⓘ |
| movement |
critical modernism
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postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
As I Was Saying: Recollections and Miscellaneous Essays
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Collage City ⓘ The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rotherham
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surface form:
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
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| placeOfDeath |
Arlington, Texas
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surface form:
Arlington, Texas, United States
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Architecture at Cornell University
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Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| residence |
Austin, Texas, United States
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Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ |
| theoreticalConcept |
analogical comparison between Palladio and Le Corbusier
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collage city ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Colin Frederick Rowe