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Architect, Redwood City License C33768

Des Architects

The city has issued 13 of the 14 San Francisco building permits that name Des Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 6.4 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach and Mission Bay.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
13 of 14 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
6.4 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 89 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 495 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Des Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 11 offices, 2 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 1 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

7% residential
93% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 11 of 11 issued 79% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 2 issued 14% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 7% 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
2021
9 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2023
93% of 14 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 3, 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 9, 2022: 1, 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 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 13 of 14 permits filed

93%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

1 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. Des Architects has 4 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for offices, their most filed type, where 1,360 of 26,216 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Des Architects, all project types

6.4months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Des Architects, all project types: 6.4 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
45 other architects and designers ranked for offices have a median for it; Des Architects has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for offices with usable dates Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for offices. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for offices, 3.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 1.8 to 8.1 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15+ months Revel Architecture & Design: 4.9 months Huntsman: 6.6 months Gensler: 5.4 months Rmw: 3.5 months Asd | Sky: 2.6 months Brereton Architects: 3.4 months Forge Architecture: 8.2 months Smith Group: 2.7 months Studios Architecture: 7.2 months Costa Brown Architecture: 12.1 months Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 months Rapt Studio: 9.6 months Som: 2.4 months Msa Architecture+Design: 5.0 months Perkins & Will: 5.1 months Tmda: 2.6 months Woods Bagot: 4.2 months Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 months Mbh Architects: 14.7 months Michael Castro: 5.5 months Tef Design: 13.6 months Wrns Studio: 8.1 months Russell + Lopes Architects: 7.5 months Vocon: 5.1 months Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 10.3 months Mbh: 3.7 months Shubin Donaldson: 5.4 months Polytech Assoicates: 2.5 months Mithun: 4.3 months Archtectural Resources Group: 4.1 months Brick: 4.6 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Studio Architecture: 14.9 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 8.5 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.5 months Stantec Architecture Inc.: 18.6 months Pacific Das: 2.3 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 10.3 months Atelier 424: 2.6 months Studio Gang Architects: 2.9 months Owow Design: 4.3 months 0 3 6 9 12 15+ months Revel Architecture & Design: 4.9 months Huntsman: 6.6 months Gensler: 5.4 months Rmw: 3.5 months Asd | Sky: 2.6 months Brereton Architects: 3.4 months Forge Architecture: 8.2 months Smith Group: 2.7 months Studios Architecture: 7.2 months Costa Brown Architecture: 12.1 months Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 months Rapt Studio: 9.6 months Som: 2.4 months Msa Architecture+Design: 5.0 months Perkins & Will: 5.1 months Tmda: 2.6 months Woods Bagot: 4.2 months Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 months Mbh Architects: 14.7 months Michael Castro: 5.5 months Tef Design: 13.6 months Wrns Studio: 8.1 months Russell + Lopes Architects: 7.5 months Vocon: 5.1 months Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 10.3 months Mbh: 3.7 months Shubin Donaldson: 5.4 months Polytech Assoicates: 2.5 months Mithun: 4.3 months Archtectural Resources Group: 4.1 months Brick: 4.6 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Studio Architecture: 14.9 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 8.5 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.5 months Stantec Architecture Inc.: 18.6 months Pacific Das: 2.3 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 10.3 months Atelier 424: 2.6 months Studio Gang Architects: 2.9 months Owow Design: 4.3 months

2 firms with medians over 15 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 offices alone.

  1. 493 Ajanta Design 13
  2. 494 Arquitectonica 13
  3. 495 Des Architects 13
  4. 496 Enspace Co. 13
  5. 497 Fifth Arch 13

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

  1. 87 Ben & Kwee 11
  2. 88 Ajanta Design 11
  3. 89 Des Architects 11
  4. 90 Valerio Dewalt Train 11
  5. 91 Klawiter 11

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Des Architects 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 Bay 109 architects and designers count Mission Bay 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 offices

Firms ranked near Des Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 79 Shubin Donaldson 13 offices issued · 5.4 mo median for offices
  2. 80 Polytech Assoicates 13 offices issued · 2.5 mo median for offices
  3. 81 Wesley Herr 13 offices issued
  4. 90 Valerio Dewalt Train 11 offices issued
  5. 91 Klawiter 11 offices issued
  6. 92 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 10 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-495 No. 495 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Des Architects
Architect, Redwood City
License
C33768 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 Des Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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