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Architect, Berkeley License C28417

Matnokang Architects

The city has issued 6 of the 8 San Francisco building permits that name Matnokang Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their busiest neighborhoods are Inner Richmond, Western Addition and Japantown.

Issued by the city
6 of 8 filed since 2018
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 102 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 824 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
100% last filing Feb 2025

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Matnokang Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 8 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

100% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 6 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
2020
5 permits filed
Latest filing
Feb 2025
75% of 8 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 5, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 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: 6 of 8 permits filed

75%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

2 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. Matnokang Architects has 0 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. 822 Harlan R. Faust, Architect 6
  2. 823 Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum Inc 6
  3. 824 Matnokang Architects 6
  4. 825 Palazzo Projects 6
  5. 826 Sbl Design Group 6

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

  1. 100 Ed2 International 6
  2. 101 Bureau Of Architecture 6
  3. 102 Matnokang Architects 6
  4. 103 Brett Desmarais 6
  5. 104 Revel Architecture & Design 5

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Inner Richmond 120 architects and designers count Inner Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Western Addition 74 architects and designers count Western Addition among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Japantown 32 architects and designers count Japantown 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 Matnokang Architects by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 99 Architects Orange 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 100 Ed2 International 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 2.5 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 101 Bureau Of Architecture 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 5.1 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  4. 103 Brett Desmarais 6 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 16.9 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 104 Revel Architecture & Design 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 105 Sutro Architects 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-824 No. 824 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Matnokang Architects
Architect, Berkeley
License
C28417 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 Matnokang Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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