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<\/p>\nA prominent architect has been struck off after he formed a romantic relationship with a trainee and helped her to cheat on her final exams.<\/p>\n
A disciplinary committee heard that Paul Treacy had an unblemished record until the allegations over his role in the qualification of a junior architect were made. <\/p>\n
Treacy, 57, headed an architectural firm in his name that had won awards for its designs of medical buildings in the UK and abroad.<\/p>\n
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One of his most notable buildings was the Halo Laboratory in London, described as a \u201cbrutalist\u201d design that was \u201cone of the largest and most prestigious pathology laboratories\u201d in the country. Treacy\u2019s firm was also the project architect for a trauma centre in Islamabad and he worked on a transport hub in Incheon in South Korea.<\/p>\n
A disciplinary panel of the Architects Registration Board was told that Treacy started a romantic relationship with a junior colleague who was completing the final part of her qualification. He was a mentor and an examination supervisor for the woman, who was referred to only as \u201cPerson A\u201d during the proceedings.<\/p>\n
The panel was told that Treacy opened the exam paper before the test and drafted her case study before its submission.<\/p>\n
As a result, the panel said in its ruling, he had \u201cabused the trust placed in him\u201d by the Royal Institute of British Architects, having \u201cprioritised his relationship with Person A and disregarded the requirements of his roles\u201d.<\/p>\n
Treacy was also found to have provided model answers to the exam question and signed a declaration saying that the test had been completed honestly.<\/p>\n
After charges were brought before the panel, Treacy \u201ccontinued to place blame on Person A for his conduct\u201d, accusing her of having put him under duress. <\/p>\n
The panel ruled that the only suitable punishment was to throw Treacy out of the profession \u2014 although he can apply to be restored to the architects\u2019 register after two years.<\/p>\n
In the ruling, Sadia Zouq, a barrister who chaired the board\u2019s professional conduct committee, described \u201ca pattern of poor conduct of dishonesty and lack of integrity that had taken place over a period of time\u201d. She said that Treacy \u201chad opportunities throughout this period to have corrected his conduct; he actively chose not to do so\u201d.<\/p>\n
Zouq added that Treacy\u2019s \u201cpre-meditated\u201d conduct had been \u201cdishonest\u201d and \u201cdeliberate\u201d, and he had admitted to having \u201csignificantly\u201d contributed to Person A\u2019s case study. He also admitted to having crafted model answers to questions for her examination.<\/p>\n