A Gloucester-based architect has been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and fined £1,500 following a wrangle over the design and construction of a low-energy, low-maintenance timber-framed house.

Members of the Architects Registration Board’s professional conduct committee heard the property – for which Gordon Simpson was project architect and contractor – was under threat of demolition because its height exceeded that of approved plans.

They also heard that Simpson, of Art Hand Architecture, had not dealt with his clients’ complaints properly and had failed to manage his dual role as architect and director of project contractor Dwell Green Ltd in an acceptable way.

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