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Architect, Omaha License C013474

Harlan R. Faust, Architect

The city has issued 6 of the 8 San Francisco building permits that name Harlan R. Faust, Architect since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach and Russian Hill.

Issued by the city
6 of 8 filed since 2018
Rank for restaurants and bars
No. 70 of 200 by restaurants and bars issued
Overall rank
No. 822 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
75% last filing Mar 2026

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Harlan R. Faust, Architect on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 6 restaurants and bars, 2 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

25% residential
75% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Restaurants and bars Commercial 4 of 6 issued 75% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 2 issued 25% 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
2019
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Mar 2026
75% of 8 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 2, 2019: 4, 2020: 0, 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 1. 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: 6 of 8 permits filed

75%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

2 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. Harlan R. Faust, Architect has 2 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.

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, 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 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. 820 Andrea Cochran Landscape Arch 6
  2. 821 Architects Ii 6
  3. 822 Harlan R. Faust, Architect 6
  4. 823 Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum Inc 6
  5. 824 Matnokang Architects 6

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

  1. 68 Studio O2 4
  2. 69 Jaffar Design 4
  3. 70 Harlan R. Faust, Architect 4
  4. 71 Joohyun Her 4
  5. 72 Revel Architecture & Design 3

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

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Harlan R. Faust, Architect 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 Russian Hill 102 architects and designers count Russian 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 restaurants and bars

Firms ranked near Harlan R. Faust, Architect by permits issued for restaurants and bars.

  1. 67 The Wiseman Group 4 restaurants and bars issued
  2. 68 Studio O2 4 restaurants and bars issued
  3. 69 Jaffar Design 4 restaurants and bars issued
  4. 72 Revel Architecture & Design 3 restaurants and bars issued
  5. 73 Tommy Lee Consulting 3 restaurants and bars issued
  6. 74 Syncopated Architecture 3 restaurants and bars issued

See all 200 architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars

Sheet
A-822 No. 822 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Harlan R. Faust, Architect
Architect, Omaha
License
C013474 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 Harlan R. Faust, Architect has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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