A Leeds-based architect has been suspended from the professional register for 12 months after a complaint over a cottage refurbishment and extension project led to him being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.

Steven Johnson, who now works for Dzign House Architecture, was hired to help with the renovation of the long-vacant property – which already had planning permission – and was tasked with obtaining building regulations approval and assisting with the implementation of the scheme.

However the Architects Registration Board’s professional conduct committee heard last week that the project, undertaken by Johnson’s former practice, “did not go well”.

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