Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building

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Modernist building headquarters building high-rise building office building

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building is a prominent Modernist high-rise office tower in downtown Los Angeles, known for its distinctive glass-and-concrete design and reflecting pools.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building canonical	3
LADWP Building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3735900 — 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: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building
Context triple: [Albert C. Martin Sr., notableWork, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building]

A. Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
B. Los Angeles County Hall of Administration
The Los Angeles County Hall of Administration is a major government building in downtown Los Angeles that houses the offices and meeting chambers of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and key county administrative departments.
C. Bullocks Wilshire building
The Bullocks Wilshire building is a historic Art Deco former luxury department store in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic tower and role in the city’s early 20th-century retail and architectural history.
D. Ahmanson Building
The Ahmanson Building is a major gallery and exhibition space within the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, housing significant portions of its art collections.
E. One Wilshire building
The One Wilshire building is a major telecommunications hub and office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, renowned as one of the world’s most important internet exchange and data center facilities.
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: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building
Target entity description: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building is a prominent Modernist high-rise office tower in downtown Los Angeles, known for its distinctive glass-and-concrete design and reflecting pools.

A. Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
B. Los Angeles County Hall of Administration
The Los Angeles County Hall of Administration is a major government building in downtown Los Angeles that houses the offices and meeting chambers of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and key county administrative departments.
C. Bullocks Wilshire building
The Bullocks Wilshire building is a historic Art Deco former luxury department store in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic tower and role in the city’s early 20th-century retail and architectural history.
D. Ahmanson Building
The Ahmanson Building is a major gallery and exhibition space within the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, housing significant portions of its art collections.
E. One Wilshire building
The One Wilshire building is a major telecommunications hub and office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, renowned as one of the world’s most important internet exchange and data center facilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Modernist building ⓘ headquarters building ⓘ high-rise building ⓘ office building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
buildingType	commercial office ⓘ
category	Headquarters of government-owned companies in the United States ⓘ Modernist architecture in California ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	office ⓘ
hasFeature	concrete frame ⓘ glass curtain walls ⓘ landscaped plaza ⓘ perimeter reflecting pools ⓘ raised podium ⓘ sun-shading louvers ⓘ
hasMaterial	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ
hasNumberOfStories	high-rise ⓘ
hasSurrounding	reflecting pools ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs	Department of Water and Power Headquarters ⓘ Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building ⓘ surface form: LADWP Building
isLandmarkOf	Los Angeles Civic Center ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles civic center
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
neighborhood	Bunker Hill ⓘ
notableFor	Modernist corporate architecture ⓘ distinctive glass-and-concrete design ⓘ reflecting pools surrounding the building ⓘ
occupant	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
ownedBy	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
partOf	Los Angeles Civic Center ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Civic Center area
streetAddress	111 North Hope Street ⓘ
use	administrative offices ⓘ utility headquarters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert C. Martin Sr. → notableWork → Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building ⓘ

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building → isAlsoKnownAs → Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: LADWP Building

Grand Avenue → hasLandmark → Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Avenue (Los Angeles)

Grand Avenue → hasCivicBuilding → Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building ⓘ