Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford
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The Florey Building at Queen’s College, Oxford is a striking example of late-20th-century British modernist architecture, notable for its bold riverside design and controversial yet influential aesthetic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5968140 — 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: Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford Context triple: [James Stirling, designed, Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford]
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A.
Clarendon Building, Oxford
The Clarendon Building in Oxford is an early 18th-century neoclassical landmark designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, originally built to house the Oxford University Press.
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B.
Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge
The Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge is a major campus area that houses many of the university’s arts, humanities, and social science faculties and departments.
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C.
Clarendon Laboratory
Clarendon Laboratory is a historic physics research facility at the University of Oxford known for pioneering work in low-temperature and condensed matter physics.
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D.
Senior Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford
The Senior Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford is the traditional social and academic gathering space for the college’s fellows and senior members, used for dining, discussion, and community life.
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E.
Magdalen Hall, Oxford
Magdalen Hall, Oxford was a historic academic hall of the University of Oxford that educated numerous notable figures before eventually becoming part of Hertford College.
- 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: Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford Target entity description: The Florey Building at Queen’s College, Oxford is a striking example of late-20th-century British modernist architecture, notable for its bold riverside design and controversial yet influential aesthetic.
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A.
Clarendon Building, Oxford
The Clarendon Building in Oxford is an early 18th-century neoclassical landmark designed by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, originally built to house the Oxford University Press.
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B.
Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge
The Sidgwick Site at the University of Cambridge is a major campus area that houses many of the university’s arts, humanities, and social science faculties and departments.
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C.
Clarendon Laboratory
Clarendon Laboratory is a historic physics research facility at the University of Oxford known for pioneering work in low-temperature and condensed matter physics.
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D.
Senior Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford
The Senior Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford is the traditional social and academic gathering space for the college’s fellows and senior members, used for dining, discussion, and community life.
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E.
Magdalen Hall, Oxford
Magdalen Hall, Oxford was a historic academic hall of the University of Oxford that educated numerous notable figures before eventually becoming part of Hertford College.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
student accommodation building
ⓘ
university building ⓘ |
| affiliation |
The Queen’s College, Oxford
ⓘ
linked to:
The Queen's College, Oxford
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| architect | James Stirling ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Brutalism
Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDesign | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | late 20th century ⓘ |
| function |
student residence
ⓘ
teaching and study space ⓘ |
| hasContext | post-war British university expansion ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
architecturally significant
ⓘ
controversial among critics and users ⓘ |
| hasUse |
communal facilities
ⓘ
undergraduate accommodation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ Queen’s College, Oxford ⓘ
linked to:
The Queen's College, Oxford
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Howard Florey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial aesthetic
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influential design in British university architecture ⓘ late-20th-century British modernist architecture ⓘ riverside design ⓘ |
| shape | curved plan ⓘ |
| situatedOn | River Cherwell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Florey Building, Queen’s College, Oxford Description of subject: The Florey Building at Queen’s College, Oxford is a striking example of late-20th-century British modernist architecture, notable for its bold riverside design and controversial yet influential aesthetic.
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