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Architect, San Ramon License C33024

Cooley Architecture

The city has issued 11 of the 11 San Francisco building permits that name Cooley Architecture since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by retail and shops. Their busiest neighborhoods are Western Addition, Haight Ashbury and Castro/Upper Market.

Issued by the city
11 of 11 filed since 2018
Rank for retail and shops
No. 47 of 199 by retail and shops issued
Overall rank
No. 577 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
64% last filing Jun 2022

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Cooley Architecture on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 7 retail and shops, 4 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

36% residential
64% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Retail and shops Commercial 7 of 7 issued 64% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 4 of 4 issued 36% 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
2020
8 permits filed
Latest filing
Jun 2022
100% of 11 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 2, 2020: 8, 2021: 0, 2022: 1, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 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: 11 of 11 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. Cooley Architecture has 0 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for retail and shops, their most filed type, where 366 of 4,253 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

No median yet: fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits with usable dates.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. San Francisco, retail and shops: 5.7 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.1 to 10.2 months.
8 other architects and designers ranked for retail and shops have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for retail and shops. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for retail and shops, 5.7 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.1 to 10.2 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months Mbh Architects: 6.7 months D-Scheme Studio: 7.4 months Gensler Architect: 6.1 months Eugene Yun: 5.3 months Greenbergfarrow: 9.9 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 13.6 months Otj Architects: 5.2 months David A. Udkow Architect: 2.9 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 months Mbh Architects: 6.7 months D-Scheme Studio: 7.4 months Gensler Architect: 6.1 months Eugene Yun: 5.3 months Greenbergfarrow: 9.9 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 13.6 months Otj Architects: 5.2 months David A. Udkow Architect: 2.9 months

Where they rank

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

  1. 575 Wong Logan Architects 11
  2. 576 Atelier 424 11
  3. 577 Cooley Architecture 11
  4. 578 David Seidel Aia 11
  5. 579 Dtmarchitect 11

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

  1. 45 Constructive Solutions 7
  2. 46 Foust Architecture 7
  3. 47 Cooley Architecture 7
  4. 48 Gruen Association 7
  5. 49 Atmosphere 7

Retail and shops issued, 199 architects and designers Retail and shops ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Cooley Architecture 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 Haight Ashbury 99 architects and designers count Haight Ashbury among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Castro/Upper Market 206 architects and designers count Castro/Upper Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Potrero Hill 137 architects and designers count Potrero Hill 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 retail and shops

Firms ranked near Cooley Architecture by permits issued for retail and shops.

  1. 44 Asd | Sky 7 retail and shops issued
  2. 45 Constructive Solutions 7 retail and shops issued
  3. 46 Foust Architecture 7 retail and shops issued
  4. 48 Gruen Association 7 retail and shops issued
  5. 49 Atmosphere 7 retail and shops issued
  6. 50 Pamela Shafter 7 retail and shops issued

See all 199 architects and designers ranked for retail and shops

Sheet
A-577 No. 577 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Cooley Architecture
Architect, San Ramon
License
C33024 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 Cooley Architecture has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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