Frank L. Hope & Associates

Frank L. Hope & Associates, later known as the Hope Consulting Group and then the Hope Design Group was an architecture firm based in San Diego, California, California. It known for designing San Diego Stadium, later as known as Jack Murphy Stadium and now Qualcomm Stadium, which was awarded by the American Institute of Architects, as well as the First National Bank building in downtown San Diego, facilities at the University of California, San Diego, San Diego City College and others. It was the oldest architectural firm in San Diego, with satellite offices in San Francisco and Saudi Arabia.

Frank Hope Sr. founded Frank L. Hope & Associates in 1928. Prior to establishing the firm, Hope attended (but did not graduate from) the University of California, Berkeley and the Carnegie Institute of Architecture, was employed in the design department of a ship builder during World War I, then worked for the architectural firm of Requa & Jackson.

Frank L. Hope & Associates designed houses and churches in a Mediterranean style, which he learned while at Requa & Jackson. These buildings included the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in San Diego and the Carmelite Monastery located in Normal Heights, San Diego.

The firm later designed houses in the seaside community of Point Loma, San Diego in the Streamline Moderne style. The largest structure designed during Frank Hope Sr.'s tenure was the Great Western Building (then known as the Home Tower), built in 1962. He retired in 1966, turning the reins over to his sons, architect Frank Hope Jr. (who would be named Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, awarded to about two percent of the AIA's membership for national architectural contributions) and structural engineer Chuck Hope.

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