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Architect, San Francisco License C29350

Mei Architects

The city has issued 38 of the 44 San Francisco building permits that name Mei Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 13.4 months from filing to issue, 128% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission Bay, Tenderloin and West of Twin Peaks.

Also filed as
engineer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
38 of 44 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
13.4 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 10 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 186 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Mei Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 23 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 8 apartments and multifamily, 7 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

23% residential
77% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 22 of 23 issued 52% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 8 of 8 issued 18% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 3 of 7 issued 16% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 4 of 4 issued 9% of filings.
  5. Home remodels Residential 1 of 2 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
2020
9 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
86% of 44 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 2, 2019: 7, 2020: 9, 2021: 4, 2022: 6, 2023: 5, 2024: 5, 2025: 0, 2026: 6. 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: 38 of 44 permits filed

86%

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. Mei Architects has 8 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.

Mei Architects, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

13.4months

That is 128% slower than the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Mei Architects, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 13.4 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
13.4 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 11 of 43 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that 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 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 Mei Architects 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 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 Mei Architects

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. 184 Mark Cavagnero Associates 38
  2. 185 Stantec 38
  3. 186 Mei Architects 38
  4. 187 Stephen Antonaros Architect 38
  5. 188 L.A. Paul & Associates 38

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

  1. 8 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 22
  2. 9 Hga 22
  3. 10 Mei Architects 22
  4. 11 C A Architects 22
  5. 12 Dnm Architect 21

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Mission Bay 109 architects and designers count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Tenderloin 112 architects and designers count Tenderloin among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 West of Twin Peaks 306 architects and designers count West of Twin Peaks among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Bayview Hunters Point 133 architects and designers count Bayview Hunters Point 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 Mei Architects by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 6 Forge 26 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 7 Harvey Hacker Architects 24 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 11.2 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 8 Gary Gee Architects, Inc. 22 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 12.2 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  4. 11 C A Architects 22 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 2.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 12 Dnm Architect 21 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 7.4 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  6. 13 Constructive Solutions 20 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-186 No. 186 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Mei Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C29350 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 Mei Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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