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Architect, Alameda License C12815

Mbh Architects

The city has issued 88 of the 105 San Francisco building permits that name Mbh Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 14.7 months from filing to issue, 276% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Chinatown and North Beach.

Issued by the city
88 of 105 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
14.7 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 35 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 56 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Mbh Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 51 offices, 31 retail and shops, 11 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

2% residential
98% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 38 of 51 issued 49% of filings.
  2. Retail and shops Commercial 28 of 31 issued 30% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 10 of 11 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 10 of 10 issued 10% of filings.
  5. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 2 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
2019
48 permits filed
Latest filing
May 2026
84% of 105 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 24, 2019: 48, 2020: 18, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 3. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 10 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 88 of 105 permits filed

84%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

17 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. Mbh Architects has 25 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.

Mbh Architects, offices

14.7months

That is 276% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Mbh Architects, offices: 14.7 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
14.7 months for offices, faster than 3 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+ 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 Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 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 Mbh Architects 0 3 6 9 12 15+ 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 Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 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 Mbh Architects

2 firms with medians over 15 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 offices alone.

  1. 54 Beaumont & Associates 90
  2. 55 Msa Architecture+Design 89
  3. 56 Mbh Architects 88
  4. 57 Jeffrey A. Eade Architect 88
  5. 58 Lisa Wong 87

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

  1. 33 Quezada Architecture Inc 41
  2. 34 Revel 39
  3. 35 Mbh Architects 38
  4. 36 Michael Castro 38
  5. 37 Blitz 38

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Mbh 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 Chinatown 127 architects and designers count Chinatown among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 North Beach 97 architects and designers count North Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Marina 211 architects and designers count Marina 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 Mbh Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 32 Gensler Architect 42 offices issued · 5.9 mo median for offices
  2. 33 Quezada Architecture Inc 41 offices issued · 6.4 mo median for offices
  3. 34 Revel 39 offices issued
  4. 37 Blitz 38 offices issued
  5. 38 Otj Architects 31 offices issued
  6. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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A-056 No. 56 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Mbh Architects
Architect, Alameda
License
C12815 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 Mbh Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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