Architect, Phoenix License C18396
Ideation
The city has issued 8 of the 8 San Francisco building permits that name Ideation since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their busiest neighborhoods are Tenderloin.
- Issued by the city
- 8 of 8 filed since 2018
- Rank for restaurants and bars
- No. 24 of 200 by restaurants and bars issued
- Overall rank
- No. 716 of 1,543 architects and designers
- Commercial share
- 100% last filing Jan 2023
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with Ideation on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 8 restaurants and bars.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Restaurants and bars Commercial 8 of 8 issued 100% 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
- 6 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Jan 2023
- 100% of 8 issued
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: 8 of 8 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
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. Ideation 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.
Where they rank
Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for restaurants and bars alone.
- 714 Herman Coliver Locus Arch 8
- 715 Hlw Architect 8
- 716 Ideation 8
- 717 Joaquin Quilez 8
- 718 Kleman Design 8
All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking
- 22 Charles Hemminger Assoc. 9
- 23 Shc 8
- 24 Ideation 8
- 25 Som 7
- 26 Chris Sullivan 7
Restaurants and bars issued, 200 architects and designers Restaurants and bars ranking
Where they work
The neighborhoods where Ideation files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin among their busiest neighborhoods
Questions for the first call
- Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
- How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
- 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 Ideation by permits issued for restaurants and bars.
- 19 Gensler 9 restaurants and bars issued
- 22 Charles Hemminger Assoc. 9 restaurants and bars issued
- 23 Shc 8 restaurants and bars issued
- 25 Som 7 restaurants and bars issued
- 26 Chris Sullivan 7 restaurants and bars issued
- 28 Daniel Shapero 7 restaurants and bars issued
See all 200 architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars
- Sheet
- A-716 No. 716 of 1,543
- Drawing
- Permit record, Ideation
- Architect, Phoenix
- License
- C18396 check with CAB
- Source
- San Francisco DBI building permits, since 2018
- 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 Ideation has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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