Hope Architects is a small design team with strong hands-on experience in the construction industry. Our team is committed to creating fresh and vital living environments together with our clients, and to standing by our clients throughout the design and construction processes of their projects.

We offer full architecture and planning services with the option of carrying a project from initial planning phases, through design, construction documents, and various construction services. Our staff often includes members of the construction team who give our office a greater degree of involvement in the implementation of the project, and a direct link between our drawings and the finished product.

In addition to our in-house staff, we put together a team of selected consultants and other design professionals required for each project. Our design team is oriented towards a process that fosters a collaborative effort between the client, our consultants, the builder, and members of our office and job site staff.

Ari Hope is the Principle Architect and brings a wide range of professional expertise from innovative design solutions, to project management, construction document preparation, construction administration and general construction expertise. Ari's experience includes a broad range of residential and commercial projects, from top of the line custom homes to retail and office projects. Ari is deeply interested in 'green' architecture and was first exposed to sustainable building practices as a project architect at the Ecological Design Center in Marin County specializing in sustainable design and construction projects. For the past ten years, Ari has been a member and a student at the Ridhwan Center for Spiritual Development in Berkeley, and was the principal designer of the center's facility. Ari graduated from the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and is a registered Architect in California.