Kaufmann Desert House
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Kaufmann Desert House is an iconic mid-century modern residence in Palm Springs, California, designed by architect Richard Neutra and celebrated for its clean lines, glass walls, and seamless integration with the desert landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kaufmann Desert House canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10794697 — 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: Kaufmann Desert House Context triple: [Richard Neutra, notableWork, Kaufmann Desert House]
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A.
Casa del Desierto
Casa del Desierto is a historic Harvey House railroad depot and hotel in Barstow, California, now serving as a museum and cultural center.
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B.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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C.
Camarillo Ranch House
Camarillo Ranch House is a historic Victorian-era ranch estate and museum in Camarillo, California, known for its preserved architecture and role in showcasing the region’s agricultural heritage.
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D.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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E.
Sunlight House
Sunlight House is a prominent Art Deco office building in central Manchester, England, noted for its distinctive stepped design and historical architectural significance.
- 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: Kaufmann Desert House Target entity description: Kaufmann Desert House is an iconic mid-century modern residence in Palm Springs, California, designed by architect Richard Neutra and celebrated for its clean lines, glass walls, and seamless integration with the desert landscape.
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A.
Casa del Desierto
Casa del Desierto is a historic Harvey House railroad depot and hotel in Barstow, California, now serving as a museum and cultural center.
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B.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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C.
Camarillo Ranch House
Camarillo Ranch House is a historic Victorian-era ranch estate and museum in Camarillo, California, known for its preserved architecture and role in showcasing the region’s agricultural heritage.
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D.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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E.
Sunlight House
Sunlight House is a prominent Art Deco office building in central Manchester, England, noted for its distinctive stepped design and historical architectural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist house
ⓘ
residence ⓘ |
| architect | Richard Neutra ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style modernism
ⓘ
Mid-century modern ⓘ |
| city | Palm Springs ⓘ |
| client | Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor | Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. ⓘ |
| feature |
courtyard plan
ⓘ
deep overhangs ⓘ extensive glass walls ⓘ flat roofs ⓘ outdoor living terraces ⓘ sliding glass doors ⓘ swimming pool ⓘ |
| featuredIn | architectural photography canon ⓘ |
| hasOutdoorFeature |
desert garden
ⓘ
patios ⓘ pergolas ⓘ |
| hasPhotographBy | Julius Shulman ⓘ |
| hasPlanType | pinwheel plan ⓘ |
| hasRenovationBy |
Beth Edwards Harris
ⓘ
Brent Harris ⓘ Leo Marmol ⓘ Ron Radziner ⓘ |
| hasRenovationFirm | Marmol Radziner ⓘ |
| hasRoom |
guest house
ⓘ
main house ⓘ pool pavilion ⓘ service wing ⓘ |
| influenced | desert modernism in Palm Springs ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
International Style modernism
ⓘ
linked to:
International Style
|
| locatedIn |
Palm Springs, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Palm Springs, California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| material |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clean horizontal lines
ⓘ
iconic mid-century modern design ⓘ panoramic desert and mountain views ⓘ seamless indoor-outdoor integration ⓘ |
| originalUse | vacation home ⓘ |
| owner | Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting | desert landscape ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kaufmann Desert House Description of subject: Kaufmann Desert House is an iconic mid-century modern residence in Palm Springs, California, designed by architect Richard Neutra and celebrated for its clean lines, glass walls, and seamless integration with the desert landscape.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Neutra