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Architect, San Francisco License C23713

Craig Iwamotto Scott

The city has issued 6 of the 54 San Francisco building permits that name Craig Iwamotto Scott since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by new homes. Their busiest neighborhoods are Portola, Financial District/South Beach and South of Market.

Issued by the city
6 of 54 filed since 2018
Overall rank
No. 807 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
7% last filing Sep 2023

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Craig Iwamotto Scott on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 48 new homes, 4 offices, 1 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

93% residential
7% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. New homes Residential 0 of 48 issued 89% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 4 of 4 issued 7% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 1 of 1 issued 2% of filings.
  4. Apartments and multifamily 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
49 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2023
11% of 54 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 0, 2022: 49, 2023: 1, 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 10 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 6 of 54 permits filed

11%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

48 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. Craig Iwamotto Scott has 50 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for new homes, their most filed type, where 321 of 321 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, new homes: 22.7 months. Middle half of city permits: 14.4 to 32.9 months.
12 other architects and designers ranked for new homes have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for new homes. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for new homes, 22.7 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 14.4 to 32.9 months.
0 6 12 18 24 30 36+ months Troy Kashanipour: 29.2 months John Maniscalco Architecture: 13.4 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 28.7 months Mml Architect: 10.9 months Thousand Architects: 26.2 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 46.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 19.0 months Knock Arch & Design: 17.5 months Curtis Hollenbeck Architect: 24.7 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 22.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 16.9 months Architect Mason Kirby: 16.6 months 0 6 12 18 24 30 36+ months Troy Kashanipour: 29.2 months John Maniscalco Architecture: 13.4 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 28.7 months Mml Architect: 10.9 months Thousand Architects: 26.2 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 46.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 19.0 months Knock Arch & Design: 17.5 months Curtis Hollenbeck Architect: 24.7 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 22.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 16.9 months Architect Mason Kirby: 16.6 months

1 firms with medians over 36 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 new homes alone.

  1. 805 Terryl Lofrano 7
  2. 806 Wm. Meyer & Co. 7
  3. 807 Craig Iwamotto Scott 6
  4. 808 Winston Win 6
  5. 809 Macy Architecture 6

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

Not ranked for new homes: fewer than 2 of those permits issued.

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Portola 34 architects and designers count Portola among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Glen Park 88 architects and designers count Glen Park 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 new homes

The architects and designers with the most permits issued for new homes.

  1. 1 Troy Kashanipour 10 new homes issued · 29.2 mo median for new homes
  2. 2 John Maniscalco Architecture 7 new homes issued · 13.4 mo median for new homes
  3. 3 Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects 5 new homes issued · 28.7 mo median for new homes
  4. 4 Mml Architect 5 new homes issued · 10.9 mo median for new homes
  5. 5 Thousand Architects 4 new homes issued · 26.2 mo median for new homes
  6. 6 Schaub | Li | Architects 4 new homes issued · 46.7 mo median for new homes

See all 22 architects and designers ranked for new homes

Sheet
A-807 No. 807 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Craig Iwamotto Scott
Architect, San Francisco
License
C23713 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 Craig Iwamotto Scott has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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