Natalie Griffin de Blois (April 2, 1921 – July 22, 2013) was an American architect. De Blois began her career in 1944 at a New York firm, Ketchum, Gina and Sharpe, from which she was fired after "refusing affection" from one of the firm's architects, who asked that she be fired. Shortly thereafter she joined the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM). While working at SOM, De Blois was known as a "pioneer" as an architect in the "male-dominated world of architecture". In 1962 she moved to the firm's headquarters in Chicago, where she was soon made a partner at SOM in 1964, working with the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill until 1974.
Notable projects include the Pepsi Cola headquarters, Lever House, and the Union Carbide Building in New York City, the Equitable Building in Chicago, the lower portions of Ford's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn.
De Blois joined Neuhaus & Taylor (now known as 3-D International) in Houston in 1974. In 1980, he began teaching at the University of Texas School of Architecture and was a faculty member until 1993. He died at 92 years in Chicago.
Notable projects include the Pepsi Cola headquarters, Lever House, and the Union Carbide Building in New York City, the Equitable Building in Chicago, the lower portions of Ford's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn.
De Blois joined Neuhaus & Taylor (now known as 3-D International) in Houston in 1974. In 1980, he began teaching at the University of Texas School of Architecture and was a faculty member until 1993. He died at 92 years in Chicago.
