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Architect, San Francisco License C21410

Jensen Architects

The city has issued 45 of the 57 San Francisco building permits that name Jensen Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 5.1 months from filing to issue, 14% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, Financial District/South Beach and Bayview Hunters Point.

Also filed as
engineer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
45 of 57 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
5.1 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 15 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 153 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Jensen Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 26 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 18 offices, 4 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

16% residential
84% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 19 of 26 issued 46% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 16 of 18 issued 32% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 4 of 4 issued 7% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 3 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  5. Home additions Residential 0 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  6. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  7. New homes Residential 0 of 1 issued 2% of filings.
  8. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 2% 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
2026
11 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2026
79% of 57 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 6, 2019: 1, 2020: 4, 2021: 7, 2022: 6, 2023: 7, 2024: 6, 2025: 9, 2026: 11. 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: 45 of 57 permits filed

79%

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. Jensen Architects has 24 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, their most filed type, where 1,155 of 8,497 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Jensen Architects, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

5.1months

That is 14% faster than the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Jensen Architects, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.1 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
5.1 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 30 of 43 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 5.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.0 to 10.8 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 12.4 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months Jensen Architects 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months D-Scheme Studio: 15.9 months Jackson Liles Architecture: 9.0 months Shatara Architecture: 20.3 months Costa Brown Architecture: 5.3 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 11.2 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 12.2 months Hga: 4.5 months Mei Architects: 13.4 months C A Architects: 2.8 months Dnm Architect: 7.4 months Studio Bondy Architecture: 8.6 months Rmw: 21.9 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 39.6 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 12.4 months San Francisco Public Works: 16.8 months Dorman Assoc: 12.1 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 5.2 months Tef Design: 4.1 months Cody Anderson Wasney Arch.: 4.7 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 2.6 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 3.6 months Tanner Hecht Architecture: 10.0 months Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp: 7.8 months Mbh Architects: 7.1 months Charles Hemminger Assoc.: 9.4 months Boulder Associates Architect: 3.0 months Treanorhl: 36.8 months Wong Logan Architects: 5.1 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 19.7 months Eaton Hall Architecture: 4.7 months M I Architects, Inc.: 14.9 months Locus Architecture Studio: 8.9 months Oculus: 12.3 months Sfmta: 4.8 months Ed2 International: 2.5 months Bureau Of Architecture: 5.1 months Brett Desmarais: 16.9 months Pfau Long Architecture: 6.5 months Kwan Design Architects: 3.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 32.1 months Yao Chen Architecture Studio: 16.2 months Baukunst: 3.7 months Cac Architects: 11.2 months Jensen Architects

4 firms with medians over 21 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial alone.

  1. 151 Hok 46
  2. 152 Quezada Architecture Inc 46
  3. 153 Jensen Architects 45
  4. 154 Mrh Architecture 45
  5. 155 Sargenti Architects 45

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

  1. 13 Constructive Solutions 20
  2. 14 Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects 19
  3. 15 Jensen Architects 19
  4. 16 Studio Bondy Architecture 19
  5. 17 Xie Associates 18

Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued, 334 architects and designers Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Firms ranked near Jensen Architects by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 12 Dnm Architect 21 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 7.4 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  2. 13 Constructive Solutions 20 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 14 Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects 19 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 16 Studio Bondy Architecture 19 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 8.6 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 17 Xie Associates 18 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 18 Rmw 18 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 21.9 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

See all 334 architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Sheet
A-153 No. 153 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Jensen Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C21410 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 Jensen Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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