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Architect, Berkeley License C016027

Kahn Design Assoc.

The city has issued 13 of the 17 San Francisco building permits that name Kahn Design Assoc. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their busiest neighborhoods are Russian Hill, Castro/Upper Market and Financial District/South Beach.

Issued by the city
13 of 17 filed since 2018
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 52 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 477 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
88% last filing Nov 2025

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Kahn Design Assoc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 2 offices, 2 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

12% residential
88% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 9 of 10 issued 59% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 0 of 2 issued 12% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 1 of 2 issued 12% of filings.
  4. Home remodels Residential 1 of 1 issued 6% of filings.
  5. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 6% of filings.
  6. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 6% 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
2025
6 permits filed
Latest filing
Nov 2025
76% of 17 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 5, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 3, 2025: 6, 2026: 0. 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: 13 of 17 permits filed

76%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

4 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. Kahn Design Assoc. has 5 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.

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, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
44 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial 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 Jensen Architects: 5.1 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 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 Jensen Architects: 5.1 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

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. 475 Proto Inc. 13
  2. 476 Vincent Labiano Abello 13
  3. 477 Kahn Design Assoc. 13
  4. 478 Marco C. Campa 13
  5. 479 Space / Craft 13

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

  1. 50 Stantec Architecture Inc. 9
  2. 51 Daniel Shapero 9
  3. 52 Kahn Design Assoc. 9
  4. 53 Treanorhl 9
  5. 54 Wong Logan Architects 9

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Russian Hill 102 architects and designers count Russian Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Castro/Upper Market 206 architects and designers count Castro/Upper Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Pacific Heights 221 architects and designers count Pacific Heights 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 Kahn Design Assoc. by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 47 Shc 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 50 Stantec Architecture Inc. 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 51 Daniel Shapero 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 53 Treanorhl 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 36.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 54 Wong Logan Architects 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 5.1 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  6. 55 Smith Karng Archtiect 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-477 No. 477 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Kahn Design Assoc.
Architect, Berkeley
License
C016027 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 Kahn Design Assoc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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