Philip Collins, architect and retired managing partner of CUH2A Inc., died of multiple systems atrophy, Oct. 29, 2015. He was 86.
Born in 1929, Collins graduated from Williams College before earning an MFA degree in architecture from Princeton in 1954. He then entered New Jersey’s open competition to design the state’s Tercentenary Pavilion for the 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
He won for his design that was to be constructed adjacent to the Fair’s Unisphere. The New Jersey Pavilion won several awards, including the Architectural Award for Excellence by the American Institute of Steel Construction and a Citation for Excellence in Design by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Collins founded the architecture and engineering firm, CUH2A, in Princeton. It would grow into a large science and technology design firm, employing hundreds of architects and engineers in several international offices.
Collins is survived by his wife, Elinor Whitney Collins; four daughters; and six grandchildren. A son predeceased him.
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