Pirelli Building
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The Pirelli Building is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in Milan, Italy, celebrated for its slender, elegant form and innovative postwar architectural design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pirelli Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11637810 — 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: Pirelli Building Context triple: [Gio Ponti, notableWork, Pirelli Building]
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A.
Piazza Building
The Piazza Building is a central hub and social space on the University of York’s Heslington East campus, housing teaching facilities, catering outlets, and a large lakeside atrium used for events and student activities.
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B.
Spirella Building
The Spirella Building is a historic former corset factory in Letchworth Garden City, England, noted for its distinctive early 20th-century architecture and role in the town’s industrial heritage.
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C.
Rialto Towers
Rialto Towers is a prominent skyscraper complex in Melbourne, Australia, known for its distinctive twin-tower design and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable office buildings.
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D.
Imperia Tower
Imperia Tower is a prominent mixed-use skyscraper in Moscow, Russia, known for its offices, hotel, and residential spaces within the Moscow International Business Center.
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E.
Sabatini Building
The Sabatini Building is a historic 18th-century former hospital in Madrid that now serves as one of the main exhibition spaces of the Museo Reina Sofía, housing significant collections of modern and contemporary art.
- 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: Pirelli Building Target entity description: The Pirelli Building is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in Milan, Italy, celebrated for its slender, elegant form and innovative postwar architectural design.
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A.
Piazza Building
The Piazza Building is a central hub and social space on the University of York’s Heslington East campus, housing teaching facilities, catering outlets, and a large lakeside atrium used for events and student activities.
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B.
Spirella Building
The Spirella Building is a historic former corset factory in Letchworth Garden City, England, noted for its distinctive early 20th-century architecture and role in the town’s industrial heritage.
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C.
Rialto Towers
Rialto Towers is a prominent skyscraper complex in Melbourne, Australia, known for its distinctive twin-tower design and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable office buildings.
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D.
Imperia Tower
Imperia Tower is a prominent mixed-use skyscraper in Moscow, Russia, known for its offices, hotel, and residential spaces within the Moscow International Business Center.
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E.
Sabatini Building
The Sabatini Building is a historic 18th-century former hospital in Madrid that now serves as one of the main exhibition spaces of the Museo Reina Sofía, housing significant collections of modern and contemporary art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Modernist building
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landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Gio Ponti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pier Luigi Nervi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
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Modernism ⓘ |
| category |
Modernist architecture in Italy
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Skyscrapers in Milan ⓘ |
| citySymbolOf | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| client | Pirelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1956 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| designedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| engineeringInnovation | slender concrete frame with central core ⓘ |
| era | postwar architecture ⓘ |
| floorCount | 31 ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Grattacielo Pirelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height |
127 m
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approximately 417 ft ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | architectural landmark ⓘ |
| influenced |
MetLife Building
NERFINISHED
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Pan Am Building NERFINISHED ⓘ postwar skyscraper design ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lombardy
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Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Piazza Duca d’Aosta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pirelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central structural core
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curtain wall façade ⓘ slender plan ⓘ tapered ends ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| owner | Lombardy Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planShape | diamond-shaped plan ⓘ |
| roofShape | flat roof ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Pier Luigi Nervi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use | office ⓘ |
| usedBy | Regional Council of Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pirelli Building Description of subject: The Pirelli Building is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in Milan, Italy, celebrated for its slender, elegant form and innovative postwar architectural design.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.