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Architect, San Francisco License C32542

Ia Interior Architects

The city has issued 91 of the 103 San Francisco building permits that name Ia Interior Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 7.7 months from filing to issue, 97% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Sunset/Parkside and Lakeshore.

Also filed as
designer, engineer
Issued by the city
91 of 103 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
7.7 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 14 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 53 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Ia Interior Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 93 offices, 7 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 3 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

3% residential
97% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 83 of 93 issued 90% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 6 of 7 issued 7% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 3 issued 3% 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
44 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
88% of 103 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 13, 2020: 19, 2021: 21, 2022: 44, 2023: 3, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 3. 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: 91 of 103 permits filed

88%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

12 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. Ia Interior Architects has 8 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.

Ia Interior Architects, offices

7.7months

That is 97% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Ia Interior Architects, offices: 7.7 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
7.7 months for offices, faster than 12 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 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 Ia Interior 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 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 Ia Interior 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. 51 Kelly Melendez Architect 96
  2. 52 Gensler Architect 95
  3. 53 Ia Interior Architects 91
  4. 54 Beaumont & Associates 90
  5. 55 Msa Architecture+Design 89

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

  1. 12 Studios Architecture 92
  2. 13 Costa Brown Architecture 85
  3. 14 Ia Interior Architects 83
  4. 15 Fennie & Mehl Architects 70
  5. 16 Rapt Studio 69

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Ia Interior 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 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Lakeshore 38 architects and designers count Lakeshore among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 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 Ia Interior Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 11 Fme Architecture 92 offices issued
  2. 12 Studios Architecture 92 offices issued · 7.2 mo median for offices
  3. 13 Costa Brown Architecture 85 offices issued · 12.1 mo median for offices
  4. 15 Fennie & Mehl Architects 70 offices issued
  5. 16 Rapt Studio 69 offices issued · 9.6 mo median for offices
  6. 17 Som 61 offices issued · 2.4 mo median for offices

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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Permit record, Ia Interior Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C32542 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 Ia Interior Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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