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Architect, San Francisco License C29653

Ashton Richards Arch.

The city has issued 18 of the 18 San Francisco building permits that name Ashton Richards Arch. since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 33.8 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, Outer Mission and Bayview Hunters Point.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
18 of 18 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
33.8 mo filing to issue
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 96 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 393 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Ashton Richards Arch. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 4 ADUs, 3 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

50% residential
50% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 6 of 6 issued 33% of filings.
  2. ADUs Residential 4 of 4 issued 22% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 3 of 3 issued 17% of filings.
  4. Home remodels Residential 2 of 2 issued 11% of filings.
  5. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 2 issued 11% of filings.
  6. Offices Commercial 1 of 1 issued 6% of filings.

Permits over time

Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.

Busiest year
2018
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2024
100% of 18 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 0, 2026: 0. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 1 permit; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 18 of 18 permits filed

100%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.

How fast their permits come through

Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Ashton Richards Arch. has 6 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, their most filed type, where 1,155 of 8,497 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Ashton Richards Arch., all project types

33.8months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Ashton Richards Arch., all project types: 33.8 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
44 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial have a median for it; Ashton Richards Arch. has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial with usable dates Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 5.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.0 to 10.8 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Jensen Architects: 5.1 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 12.4 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Jensen Architects: 5.1 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 12.4 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months

4 firms with medians over 21 months are drawn at the right edge.

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial alone.

  1. 391 Cody Anderson Wasney Arch. 18
  2. 392 Ken Linsteadt & Architecture 18
  3. 393 Ashton Richards Arch. 18
  4. 394 James Hill Architect 18
  5. 395 Cruz Architecture & Design 17

All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking

  1. 94 K2a Architecture 6
  2. 95 Asian Neighborhood Design 6
  3. 96 Ashton Richards Arch. 6
  4. 97 Cervantes Design Assoc. 6
  5. 98 Weisbach Architecture 6

Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued, 334 architects and designers Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Ashton Richards Arch. files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Outer Mission 62 architects and designers count Outer Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Presidio Heights 129 architects and designers count Presidio Heights among their busiest neighborhoods

Questions for the first call

  1. Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
  2. How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
  3. Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?

Other architects and designers for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Firms ranked near Ashton Richards Arch. by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 88 Apic Designs Inc. 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 89 Red Dot Studio Architecture 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 91 Mbh 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 98 Weisbach Architecture 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 99 Architects Orange 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 100 Ed2 International 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 2.5 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

See all 334 architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Sheet
A-393 No. 393 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Ashton Richards Arch.
Architect, San Francisco
License
C29653 check with CAB
Data as of
Oct 2026
Scale
Not to scale

Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Ashton Richards Arch. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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