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Architect, San Francisco License C14734

Maccracken Architects

The city has issued 73 of the 79 San Francisco building permits that name Maccracken Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 19.3 months from filing to issue, 394% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, South of Market and North Beach.

Also filed as
engineer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
73 of 79 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
19.3 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 27 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 81 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Maccracken Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 50 offices, 10 home remodels, 6 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

21% residential
79% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 48 of 50 issued 63% of filings.
  2. Home remodels Residential 9 of 10 issued 13% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 5 of 6 issued 8% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 5 of 6 issued 8% of filings.
  5. Apartments and multifamily Residential 4 of 5 issued 6% of filings.
  6. Home additions Residential 2 of 2 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
2018
16 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
92% of 79 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 16, 2019: 9, 2020: 3, 2021: 11, 2022: 13, 2023: 11, 2024: 7, 2025: 5, 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: 73 of 79 permits filed

92%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

6 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. Maccracken Architects has 14 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.

Maccracken Architects, offices

19.3months

That is 394% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Maccracken Architects, offices: 19.3 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
19.3 months for offices, faster than 0 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 18 21 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 Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 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 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 Maccracken Architects 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 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 Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 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 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 Maccracken Architects

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for offices alone.

  1. 79 Biggs Group Architecture 74
  2. 80 Mike Larkin Architecture 73
  3. 81 Maccracken Architects 73
  4. 82 Cassandra Mettling Davis 73
  5. 83 Mml Architect 72

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

  1. 25 Tmda 49
  2. 26 Woods Bagot 49
  3. 27 Maccracken Architects 48
  4. 28 Dowler Gruman Architects 46
  5. 29 Kamus + Keller + Turpin 46

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Maccracken 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 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 North Beach 97 architects and designers count North Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Chinatown 127 architects and designers count Chinatown 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 Maccracken Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 24 Perkins & Will 50 offices issued · 5.1 mo median for offices
  2. 25 Tmda 49 offices issued · 2.6 mo median for offices
  3. 26 Woods Bagot 49 offices issued · 4.2 mo median for offices
  4. 28 Dowler Gruman Architects 46 offices issued · 6.5 mo median for offices
  5. 29 Kamus + Keller + Turpin 46 offices issued
  6. 30 Hok 45 offices issued · 4.9 mo median for offices

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-081 No. 81 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Maccracken Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C14734 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 Maccracken Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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