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Architect License 5969

Brett Desmarais

The city has issued 6 of the 6 San Francisco building permits that name Brett Desmarais since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 16.9 months from filing to issue, 186% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Western Addition and Hayes Valley.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
6 of 6 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
16.9 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 103 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 851 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Brett Desmarais on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

100% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 6 of 6 issued 100% 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
2024
5 permits filed
Latest filing
Jan 2026
100% of 6 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 5, 2025: 0, 2026: 1. 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: 6 of 6 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. Brett Desmarais has 5 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.

Brett Desmarais, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

16.9months

That is 186% slower than the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Brett Desmarais, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 16.9 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
16.9 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 6 of 43 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that have a median for it 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 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 Brett Desmarais 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 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 Brett Desmarais

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. 849 Ziv Potampa 6
  2. 850 Blake Engineering, Inc. 6
  3. 851 Brett Desmarais 6
  4. 852 Brockob Design Group 6
  5. 853 Caroline Leites Architecture 6

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

  1. 101 Bureau Of Architecture 6
  2. 102 Matnokang Architects 6
  3. 103 Brett Desmarais 6
  4. 104 Revel Architecture & Design 5
  5. 105 Sutro Architects 5

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Western Addition 74 architects and designers count Western Addition among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Hayes Valley 106 architects and designers count Hayes Valley 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 Brett Desmarais by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 100 Ed2 International 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 2.5 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  2. 101 Bureau Of Architecture 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 5.1 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 102 Matnokang Architects 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 104 Revel Architecture & Design 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 105 Sutro Architects 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 106 Tecta Associates 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

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Drawing
Permit record, Brett Desmarais
Architect
License
5969 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 Brett Desmarais has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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