William Roehl, an award-winning architect who practiced for 60 years, died peacefully April 4, 2016. He was 87.
Roehl graduated from the University of Kansas in 1950, and then served with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1955, he received an MFA degree in architecture from Princeton. He then joined the Architects Collaborative in Rome.
In 1962, Roehl moved to New York City, where he taught architecture at City College and joined the Whittlesey and Conklin firm. In 1970, he established his own firm, William Hamilton Roehl, Architect, and in 1984 opened an office in Noank, Conn.
In 1994, he became professor emeritus at City College and continued his architectural practice in Connecticut. In his long career as an architect and designer, he was involved in many large-scale projects such as city plans for Islamabad, Pakistan, and Reston, Va. He collaborated on the master plan for the New York City Civic Center and award-winning urban-renewal projects in Coney Island and Yonkers. Over the last 30 years, he designed more than 90 building projects, including 30 private residences.
Roehl is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two sons.
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