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Architect, San Francisco License C36022

Bunton Mousavi Architecture

The city has issued 39 of the 48 San Francisco building permits that name Bunton Mousavi Architecture since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 3.8 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission and Bernal Heights.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
39 of 48 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
3.8 mo filing to issue
Rank for restaurants and bars
No. 8 of 200 by restaurants and bars issued
Overall rank
No. 181 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Bunton Mousavi Architecture on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 16 restaurants and bars, 14 apartments and multifamily, 5 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

42% residential
58% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Restaurants and bars Commercial 14 of 16 issued 33% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 11 of 14 issued 29% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 5 of 5 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 3 of 5 issued 10% of filings.
  5. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 4 of 5 issued 10% of filings.
  6. Offices Commercial 1 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  7. ADUs Residential 1 of 1 issued 2% 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
2022
12 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
81% of 48 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 12, 2023: 8, 2024: 7, 2025: 5, 2026: 7. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 39 of 48 permits filed

81%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

9 not issued as of October 20, 2026. 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. Bunton Mousavi Architecture has 9 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for restaurants and bars, their most filed type, where 260 of 3,793 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Bunton Mousavi Architecture, all project types

3.8months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Bunton Mousavi Architecture, all project types: 3.8 months. San Francisco, restaurants and bars: 7.4 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 other architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars have a median for it; Bunton Mousavi Architecture has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for restaurants and bars with usable dates Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for restaurants and bars. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for restaurants and bars, 7.4 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 months

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for restaurants and bars alone.

  1. 179 Chr Dauer Architect 40
  2. 180 Arkichik 39
  3. 181 Bunton Mousavi Architecture 39
  4. 182 John Maniscalco Architecture 39
  5. 183 Craig O'connell, Architect 38

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

  1. 6 Boor Bridges Architecture 16
  2. 7 Xie Associates 15
  3. 8 Bunton Mousavi Architecture 14
  4. 9 Constructive Solutions 13
  5. 10 Arcanum Arch. 13

Restaurants and bars issued, 200 architects and designers Restaurants and bars ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Bernal Heights 189 architects and designers count Bernal Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Lone Mountain/USF 82 architects and designers count Lone Mountain/USF 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 restaurants and bars

Firms ranked near Bunton Mousavi Architecture by permits issued for restaurants and bars.

  1. 5 D-Scheme Studio 16 restaurants and bars issued
  2. 6 Boor Bridges Architecture 16 restaurants and bars issued
  3. 7 Xie Associates 15 restaurants and bars issued
  4. 9 Constructive Solutions 13 restaurants and bars issued
  5. 11 Pm Design Architectural 12 restaurants and bars issued
  6. 12 Creates Cool 11 restaurants and bars issued

See all 200 architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars

Sheet
A-181 No. 181 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Bunton Mousavi Architecture
Architect, San Francisco
License
C36022 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 Bunton Mousavi Architecture has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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