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Architect, San Francisco License C8820

Michael Zucker & Associates

The city has issued 60 of the 70 San Francisco building permits that name Michael Zucker & Associates since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 14.5 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Chinatown and Pacific Heights.

Also filed as
permit expediter
Issued by the city
60 of 70 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
14.5 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 44 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 102 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Michael Zucker & Associates on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 33 offices, 12 home remodels, 8 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

33% residential
67% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 26 of 33 issued 47% of filings.
  2. Home remodels Residential 12 of 12 issued 17% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 7 of 8 issued 11% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 7 of 8 issued 11% of filings.
  5. Restaurants and bars Commercial 4 of 5 issued 7% of filings.
  6. Home additions Residential 2 of 2 issued 3% of filings.
  7. ADUs Residential 1 of 1 issued 1% of filings.
  8. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
2025
14 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
86% of 70 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 6, 2019: 10, 2020: 9, 2021: 4, 2022: 5, 2023: 5, 2024: 11, 2025: 14, 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: 60 of 70 permits filed

86%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

10 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. Michael Zucker & Associates has 7 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.

Michael Zucker & Associates, all project types

14.5months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Michael Zucker & Associates, all project types: 14.5 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
45 other architects and designers ranked for offices have a median for it; Michael Zucker & Associates has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for offices with usable dates 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 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 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 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

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. 100 Harvey Hacker Architects 60
  2. 101 Apic Designs Inc. 60
  3. 102 Michael Zucker & Associates 60
  4. 103 Dowler Gruman Architects 60
  5. 104 Kwan Design Architects 59

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

  1. 42 Hammel, Green & Abrahamson 27
  2. 43 Stantec 27
  3. 44 Michael Zucker & Associates 26
  4. 45 Tecta Associates 25
  5. 46 Mark Horton Architecture 25

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Michael Zucker & Associates 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 Pacific Heights 221 architects and designers count Pacific Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 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 offices

Firms ranked near Michael Zucker & Associates by permits issued for offices.

  1. 38 Otj Architects 31 offices issued
  2. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30 offices issued
  3. 40 Tef Design 30 offices issued · 13.6 mo median for offices
  4. 45 Tecta Associates 25 offices issued
  5. 46 Mark Horton Architecture 25 offices issued
  6. 48 Drsa 24 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-102 No. 102 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Michael Zucker & Associates
Architect, San Francisco
License
C8820 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 Michael Zucker & Associates has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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