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Architect, San Francisco License C27228

Kwan Design Architects

The city has issued 59 of the 73 San Francisco building permits that name Kwan Design Architects since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by apartments and multifamily. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 12.3 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Sunset/Parkside, Noe Valley and Hayes Valley.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
59 of 73 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
12.3 mo filing to issue
Rank for apartments and multifamily
No. 83 of 659 by apartments and multifamily issued
Overall rank
No. 104 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Kwan Design Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 26 apartments and multifamily, 23 home remodels, 7 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

80% residential
21% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Apartments and multifamily Residential 17 of 26 issued 36% of filings.
  2. Home remodels Residential 22 of 23 issued 32% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 6 of 7 issued 10% of filings.
  4. ADUs Residential 3 of 5 issued 7% of filings.
  5. Home additions Residential 3 of 4 issued 5% of filings.
  6. Retail and shops Commercial 4 of 4 issued 5% of filings.
  7. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 4 of 4 issued 5% 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
2023
14 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
81% of 73 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 11, 2019: 12, 2020: 7, 2021: 5, 2022: 9, 2023: 14, 2024: 2, 2025: 9, 2026: 4. 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: 59 of 73 permits filed

81%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

14 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. Kwan Design Architects has 19 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for apartments and multifamily, their most filed type, where 3,633 of 59,927 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Kwan Design Architects, all project types

12.3months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Kwan Design Architects, all project types: 12.3 months. San Francisco, apartments and multifamily: 6.2 months. Middle half of city permits: 2.7 to 12.3 months.
105 other architects and designers ranked for apartments and multifamily have a median for it; Kwan Design Architects has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily with usable dates Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily, 6.2 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 2.7 to 12.3 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Mithun Architects: 3.9 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 30.9 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Mithun Architects: 3.9 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 30.9 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months

10 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 apartments and multifamily alone.

  1. 102 Michael Zucker & Associates 60
  2. 103 Dowler Gruman Architects 60
  3. 104 Kwan Design Architects 59
  4. 105 Uesugi & Associates 59
  5. 106 Jackson Leavenworth 58

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

  1. 81 Rodgers Architecture 17
  2. 82 Mml Architect 17
  3. 83 Kwan Design Architects 17
  4. 84 Zachary Nathan Architect 17
  5. 85 Zon Architects 17

Apartments and multifamily issued, 659 architects and designers Apartments and multifamily ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Noe Valley 231 architects and designers count Noe Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Hayes Valley 106 architects and designers count Hayes Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Inner Sunset 151 architects and designers count Inner Sunset 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 apartments and multifamily

Firms ranked near Kwan Design Architects by permits issued for apartments and multifamily.

  1. 80 Kelly Melendez Architect 17 apartments and multifamily issued
  2. 81 Rodgers Architecture 17 apartments and multifamily issued · 11.5 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  3. 82 Mml Architect 17 apartments and multifamily issued · 11.4 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  4. 85 Zon Architects 17 apartments and multifamily issued
  5. 86 Awa Inc 17 apartments and multifamily issued
  6. 87 Sutro Architects 16 apartments and multifamily issued · 16.0 mo median for apartments and multifamily

See all 659 architects and designers ranked for apartments and multifamily

Sheet
A-104 No. 104 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Kwan Design Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C27228 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 Kwan Design Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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