Natalie de Blois
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Natalie de Blois was a pioneering American architect and influential modernist designer who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century corporate architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Natalie de Blois canonical | 7 |
| Natalie Griffin de Blois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T963593 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Natalie de Blois Context triple: [Lever House, architect, Natalie de Blois]
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A.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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B.
Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
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C.
Charlotte Hennessy
Charlotte Hennessy was the mother of silent film star Mary Pickford and played a key role in managing and supporting her early acting career.
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D.
Rachel Constantine
Rachel Constantine is a key political figure in Carl Sagan’s science fiction novel and film "Contact," serving as a high-ranking U.S. government official involved in managing humanity’s response to extraterrestrial contact.
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E.
Caroline Black
Caroline Black is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Black.
- 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: Natalie de Blois Target entity description: Natalie de Blois was a pioneering American architect and influential modernist designer who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century corporate architecture.
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A.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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B.
Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
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C.
Charlotte Hennessy
Charlotte Hennessy was the mother of silent film star Mary Pickford and played a key role in managing and supporting her early acting career.
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D.
Rachel Constantine
Rachel Constantine is a key political figure in Carl Sagan’s science fiction novel and film "Contact," serving as a high-ranking U.S. government official involved in managing humanity’s response to extraterrestrial contact.
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E.
Caroline Black
Caroline Black is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Black.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ modernist architect ⓘ woman ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award
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Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation recognition ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-07-22 ⓘ |
| designed |
corporate office towers
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glass-and-steel curtain wall facades ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carnegie Institute of Technology
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linked to:
Carnegie Technical Schools
Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
Perkins and Will
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linked to:
The Perkins and Will partnership
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| fullName |
Natalie Griffin de Blois
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linked to:
Natalie de Blois
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasHonorific | FAIA (Fellow of the American Institute of Architects) ⓘ |
| hasRole | lead designer on major SOM projects ⓘ |
| influenced | women architects in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential modernist office building designs
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pioneering role for women in corporate architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Institute of Architects ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism in architecture
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linked to:
Modern architecture
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| notableFor | mid-20th-century corporate architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company headquarters (design contribution)
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Equitable Building (Chicago) ⓘ Harris Bank addition (Chicago) ⓘ Lever House ⓘ One IBM Plaza (design contribution) ⓘ Pepsi-Cola Building ⓘ Union Carbide Building ⓘ
linked to:
Pan Am Building
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| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paterson, New Jersey, United States
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linked to:
Paterson, New Jersey
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| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
faculty member at University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
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senior designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| residence |
Austin, Texas
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linked to:
Austin
Chicago ⓘ
linked to:
City of Chicago
New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Gordon de Blois ⓘ |
| taughtAt | University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago
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linked to:
City of Chicago
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Natalie de Blois Description of subject: Natalie de Blois was a pioneering American architect and influential modernist designer who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century corporate architecture.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Natalie de Blois
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company headquarters
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significantDesignContributor
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Natalie de Blois
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