PETER ROLLAND

ROLLAND--Peter George, 95, of Rye, New York, died peacefully while napping at his longtime home on July 26, 2025. Born in 1930 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany to Curt and Lise Rolland, Peter's family left for America in 1936. He graduated Metuchen High School as a less than stellar student before receiving a BS in Ornamental Horticulture from the National Agricultural College and an MLA from Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1963, Peter opened his firm Peter G. Rolland & Associates, Site Planners and Landscape Architects, later Rolland/Towers, in Rye. Projects included the Australian Parliament House, Rockefeller Pocantico Hills Estate and SUNY Purchase. His firm received the Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement from the American Institute of Architects and the Award of Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects, among many honors. Peter was a Fellow of the ASLA, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and President of the Society of Fellows, an Academician of the National Academy of Design and Trustee of Delaware Valley College. Peter encouraged, taught, and nurtured others, taking pride in their achievements. He was on faculty at Yale School of Architecture, and design critic at UVA, Harvard and City College. Many talented landscape architects spent most of their careers in Peter's office. Peter met his wife of 60 years, Wendy Altschul Rolland, an architect, while both were students at Harvard GSD. Together they designed their own home and garden, and enjoyed family, friends, art, architecture and strong opinions. Peter will be deeply missed as a father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be remembered for his warmth, generosity and charm that built loyal, lifelong friends. Peter is predeceased by his wife Wendy and survived by his children David, Seth (Me'l) and Janna (Phil); grandchildren Ben, Milo and Cole; brother John (Froma); and sister-in-law Candace Altschul.