MacMillan Bloedel Building
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The MacMillan Bloedel Building is a landmark modernist office tower in downtown Vancouver, Canada, renowned for its bold, sculptural concrete design by architect Arthur Erickson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MacMillan Bloedel Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6868982 — 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: MacMillan Bloedel Building Context triple: [Arthur Erickson, notableWork, MacMillan Bloedel Building]
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A.
Macdonald-Stewart Building
The Macdonald-Stewart Building is a key academic and research facility located on McGill University’s Macdonald Campus, supporting programs in agricultural, environmental, and related sciences.
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B.
Vancouver City Hall
Vancouver City Hall is the historic Art Deco municipal building that serves as the administrative center and government headquarters for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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C.
Sandford Fleming Building
The Sandford Fleming Building is a prominent engineering and academic facility at the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.
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D.
John Molson Building
The John Molson Building is a major Concordia University campus facility in downtown Montreal that houses the John Molson School of Business in a modern, high-rise academic complex.
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E.
UBC Robson Square
UBC Robson Square is the University of British Columbia’s downtown Vancouver campus and event hub, offering academic programs, conferences, and public events in the city’s urban core.
- 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: MacMillan Bloedel Building Target entity description: The MacMillan Bloedel Building is a landmark modernist office tower in downtown Vancouver, Canada, renowned for its bold, sculptural concrete design by architect Arthur Erickson.
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A.
Macdonald-Stewart Building
The Macdonald-Stewart Building is a key academic and research facility located on McGill University’s Macdonald Campus, supporting programs in agricultural, environmental, and related sciences.
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B.
Vancouver City Hall
Vancouver City Hall is the historic Art Deco municipal building that serves as the administrative center and government headquarters for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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C.
Sandford Fleming Building
The Sandford Fleming Building is a prominent engineering and academic facility at the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.
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D.
John Molson Building
The John Molson Building is a major Concordia University campus facility in downtown Montreal that houses the John Molson School of Business in a modern, high-rise academic complex.
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E.
UBC Robson Square
UBC Robson Square is the University of British Columbia’s downtown Vancouver campus and event hub, offering academic programs, conferences, and public events in the city’s urban core.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ |
| architect |
Arthur Erickson
NERFINISHED
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Francis Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| awardedInYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| city | Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinates | 49.285°N 123.123°W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryCapitalOfLocatedIn | Ottawa is capital of Canada ⓘ |
| developer | MacMillan Bloedel Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalAward | Massey Medal for Architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElevatorCount | 8 ⓘ |
| hasFloorArea |
approximately 25,000 square metres
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approximately 270,000 square feet ⓘ |
| hasFunction | commercial offices ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStreet |
Burrard Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thurlow Street NERFINISHED ⓘ West Georgia Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
302 feet
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92 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | City of Vancouver heritage building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vancouver
ⓘ
downtown Vancouver ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
precast concrete
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reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter | MacMillan Bloedel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold vertical concrete fins
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deeply recessed windows ⓘ distinctive Brutalist massing ⓘ sculptural concrete facade ⓘ |
| numberOfFloorsAboveGround | 27 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| originalOwner | MacMillan Bloedel Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | V6E 3C9 ⓘ |
| provinceOrState | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1075 West Georgia Street ⓘ |
| use | office ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MacMillan Bloedel Building Description of subject: The MacMillan Bloedel Building is a landmark modernist office tower in downtown Vancouver, Canada, renowned for its bold, sculptural concrete design by architect Arthur Erickson.
Referenced by (1)
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