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hostile architecture

Summary

hostile architecture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (830 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hostile architecture's image is recorded as Booker T. Washington Playground td (2019-07-21) 47 - Basketball Courts.jpg[2].
  • hostile architecture's subclass of is recorded as street furniture[3].
  • hostile architecture's subclass of is recorded as securitarianism[4].
  • hostile architecture's subclass of is recorded as situational crime prevention[5].
  • hostile architecture's subclass of is recorded as discrimination against the homeless[6].
  • hostile architecture's Commons category is recorded as Hostile design[7].
  • hostile architecture's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012w6618[8].
  • hostile architecture's BabelNet ID is recorded as 16826941n[9].
  • hostile architecture's subreddit is recorded as HostileArchitecture[10].

Why It Matters

hostile architecture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (830 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . old.reddit.com. Retrieved . old.reddit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hostile-architecture_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hostile architecture}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hostile-architecture}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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