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Architect, San Francisco License C23107

Dowler Gruman Architects

The city has issued 60 of the 67 San Francisco building permits that name Dowler Gruman Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 6.5 months from filing to issue, 66% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Potrero Hill, Mission Bay and Bayview Hunters Point.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
60 of 67 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
6.5 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 28 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 103 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Dowler Gruman Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 51 offices, 8 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 7 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

2% residential
99% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 46 of 51 issued 76% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 7 of 8 issued 12% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 6 of 7 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
90% of 67 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 4, 2019: 10, 2020: 6, 2021: 6, 2022: 12, 2023: 9, 2024: 12, 2025: 5, 2026: 3. 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: 60 of 67 permits filed

90%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

7 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. Dowler Gruman Architects has 19 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.

Dowler Gruman Architects, offices

6.5months

That is 66% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Dowler Gruman Architects, offices: 6.5 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
6.5 months for offices, faster than 16 of 44 other architects and designers ranked for offices that have a median for it 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 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 Dowler Gruman Architects 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 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 Dowler Gruman Architects

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. 101 Apic Designs Inc. 60
  2. 102 Michael Zucker & Associates 60
  3. 103 Dowler Gruman Architects 60
  4. 104 Kwan Design Architects 59
  5. 105 Uesugi & Associates 59

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

  1. 26 Woods Bagot 49
  2. 27 Maccracken Architects 48
  3. 28 Dowler Gruman Architects 46
  4. 29 Kamus + Keller + Turpin 46
  5. 30 Hok 45

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Potrero Hill 137 architects and designers count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission Bay 109 architects and designers count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin 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 Dowler Gruman Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 25 Tmda 49 offices issued · 2.6 mo median for offices
  2. 26 Woods Bagot 49 offices issued · 4.2 mo median for offices
  3. 27 Maccracken Architects 48 offices issued · 19.3 mo median for offices
  4. 29 Kamus + Keller + Turpin 46 offices issued
  5. 30 Hok 45 offices issued · 4.9 mo median for offices
  6. 31 Forge 43 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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A-103 No. 103 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Dowler Gruman Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C23107 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 Dowler Gruman Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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