Arding & Hobbs - Winner Civic Trust Awards 2025

Congratulations to Arding & Hobbs, a winner in the 2025 Civic Trust Awards.

Arding & Hobbs is a much-loved retail landmark at the heart of Clapham, now fully restored and extended. Built at the turn of the twentieth century, Arding & Hobbs is a department store whose civic presence had been eroded by unsympathetic additions and failing tenants. Our refurbishment returns it to its former place in the community, removing a 1970s canopy, restoring old features – clock tower, barrel vaults and stained-glass dome – and adding new, in the form of a CLT-framed roof pavilion clad in scalloped brass. Inside, workspaces sit above a base of retail.

BREEAM: Excellent, Wired Score: Platinum, Carbon Neutral in Operation

Civic Trust Winners are schemes which are of significant merit, contributing to the quality and appearance of the built environment, whilst being sustainable, accessible, and providing a positive civic contribution.