Wolf D. Prix
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Wolf D. Prix is an Austrian architect best known as a co-founder and leading figure of the avant-garde architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, recognized for its deconstructivist and experimental designs.
All labels observed (1)
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| Wolf D. Prix canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6922831 — 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: Wolf D. Prix Context triple: [Coop Himmelb(l)au, foundedBy, Wolf D. Prix]
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A.
Felix E. Feist
Felix E. Feist was an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century crime dramas and film noir.
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B.
Robert Wilder
Robert Wilder was an American novelist and screenwriter known for adapting his own works and contributing to notable mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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C.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
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D.
Howard Wagner
Howard Wagner is the young, business-focused employer of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman," representing the impersonal, modern corporate world.
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E.
Alexander L. Wolf
Alexander L. Wolf is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering and distributed systems research.
- 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: Wolf D. Prix Target entity description: Wolf D. Prix is an Austrian architect best known as a co-founder and leading figure of the avant-garde architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, recognized for its deconstructivist and experimental designs.
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A.
Felix E. Feist
Felix E. Feist was an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century crime dramas and film noir.
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B.
Robert Wilder
Robert Wilder was an American novelist and screenwriter known for adapting his own works and contributing to notable mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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C.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
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D.
Howard Wagner
Howard Wagner is the young, business-focused employer of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman," representing the impersonal, modern corporate world.
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E.
Alexander L. Wolf
Alexander L. Wolf is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering and distributed systems research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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European Steel Design Award ⓘ German Architecture Prize ⓘ RIBA International Award ⓘ
linked to:
RIBA International Awards
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| basedIn | Vienna ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Coop Himmelb(l)au ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Architectural Association School of Architecture
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Southern California Institute of Architecture ⓘ Vienna University of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Prix ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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experimental architecture ⓘ urban design ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolf ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Harvard University Graduate School of Design ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard Graduate School of Design
University of Applied Arts Vienna ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ Yale School of Architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dynamic, sculptural building envelopes
ⓘ
experimental use of steel and glass ⓘ expressive, fragmented architectural forms ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Coop Himmelb(l)au ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde architecture
ⓘ
deconstructivism ⓘ |
| name | Wolf D. Prix ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| notableProjectType |
cinemas and performance venues
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corporate and exhibition buildings ⓘ cultural buildings ⓘ museums ⓘ |
| notableWork |
BMW Welt, Munich
ⓘ
linked to:
BMW Welt
Busan Cinema Center, Busan ⓘ
linked to:
Busan Cinema Center
European Central Bank tower competition design, Frankfurt ⓘ
linked to:
ECB Main Building, Frankfurt
Musée des Confluences, Lyon ⓘ
linked to:
Musée des Confluences
UFA-Palast, Dresden ⓘ
linked to:
UFA-Palast Dresden
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| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au
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design principal of Coop Himmelb(l)au ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style | deconstructivist architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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