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Architect, San Francisco License C24386

Mithun Architects

The city has issued 53 of the 57 San Francisco building permits that name Mithun Architects since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by apartments and multifamily. Their median plan-review permit for apartments and multifamily took 3.9 months from filing to issue, 38% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission and Visitacion Valley.

Issued by the city
53 of 57 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, apartments and multifamily
3.9 mo city median 6.2 mo
Rank for apartments and multifamily
No. 42 of 659 by apartments and multifamily issued
Overall rank
No. 123 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Mithun Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 31 apartments and multifamily, 25 offices, 1 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

54% residential
46% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Apartments and multifamily Residential 29 of 31 issued 54% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 23 of 25 issued 44% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 1 of 1 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
2025
18 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
93% of 57 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 3, 2019: 4, 2020: 3, 2021: 7, 2022: 8, 2023: 2, 2024: 4, 2025: 18, 2026: 8. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 5 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 53 of 57 permits filed

93%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

4 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. Mithun Architects has 13 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for apartments and multifamily, their most filed type, where 3,633 of 59,927 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Mithun Architects, apartments and multifamily

3.9months

That is 38% faster than the citywide median for apartments and multifamily.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Mithun Architects, apartments and multifamily: 3.9 months. San Francisco, apartments and multifamily: 6.2 months. Middle half of city permits: 2.7 to 12.3 months.
3.9 months for apartments and multifamily, faster than 96 of 104 other architects and designers ranked for apartments and multifamily that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for apartments and multifamily, 6.2 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 2.7 to 12.3 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 30.9 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months Mithun Architects 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Halyard Construction Inc.: 6.2 months Hkit Architects: 9.4 months Shatara Architecture: 17.7 months Xie Associates: 9.0 months Thousand Architects: 8.9 months Syncopated Architecture: 8.6 months Openscope Studio: 5.4 months Hood Thomas Architects: 13.0 months Gelfand Partners Architects: 4.5 months Gensler: 5.1 months Architects Sf: 11.4 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 4.8 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Levy Design Partners: 9.8 months Stanton Architecture: 11.2 months Topetcher Architectural: 12.6 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 13.2 months David Baker Architects: 9.3 months Ya Studio: 8.9 months Nathan Simpson Architect: 18.5 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 3.2 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 5.1 months Troy Kashanipour: 14.6 months Rg-Architecture: 9.8 months D-Scheme Studio: 8.6 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 19.3 months Houston / Tyner: 6.9 months Beaumont & Associates: 25.2 months Cm Architects: 14.3 months Kerman Morris Architects: 13.9 months Bde Architecture: 15.9 months Tecta Associates: 12.6 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.8 months Leavitt Architecture: 5.0 months Bar Architects: 7.6 months Peter Petruzzi Architect: 6.2 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 13.3 months Gary Gee Architects, Inc.: 30.9 months Chris Sullivan: 11.0 months Ankrom Moisan: 6.1 months Paulett Taggart Architects: 6.2 months Dnm Architect: 9.9 months Knock Arch & Design: 12.4 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 32.0 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.1 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 20.3 months Michael Harris Architecture: 9.9 months Aaron Lim Design: 9.1 months Rodgers Architecture: 11.5 months Mml Architect: 11.4 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 12.1 months Sutro Architects: 16.0 months Robles & Assocciates: 18.7 months Solomon Cordwell Buenz: 16.2 months Louis Felthouse: 24.1 months Handel Architects,Llp: 9.1 months Pacific Das: 4.6 months John Lum Architecture: 15.8 months Santos Prescott & Assoc.: 6.6 months Baukunst: 7.6 months Studio 12 Architecture: 24.2 months Harvey Hacker Architects: 15.6 months Plinth Architecture: 10.0 months Hks Architects: 7.7 months The John Stewart Company: 6.8 months Som: 9.2 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 12.0 months Rex Mclean Architects: 8.8 months Farrrell Architecture: 6.8 months Bunton Mousavi Architecture: 3.4 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 6.4 months Stan Teng Architecture Studio: 7.0 months Arquitectonica: 3.9 months Mark Cavagnero Associates: 8.8 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 12.7 months Perry Architectus, Inc.: 17.0 months L.A. Paul & Associates: 29.0 months Ccs Architecture: 8.3 months Field Paoli Architects: 3.0 months Dmarc Studio: 13.2 months Van Meter Williams Pollack Llp: 12.7 months Sternberg Benjamin Architects: 15.0 months Steinberg Hart: 6.4 months Sgpa Arch & Planning: 13.8 months Leddy Maytum Architects: 22.4 months Leddy May Tun Stacy Arch.: 2.3 months Winder Gibson Architects: 33.5 months Herman Coliver Locus Arch: 2.7 months Corbel Architects: 7.1 months Caroline Souza: 1.4 months Leddy Maytum Stacy Archi: 14.7 months Winder Gison Architects: 31.7 months Dumican Mosey Architects: 15.2 months Mavrik Studio: 6.7 months Leonardozylberberg Architect: 37.8 months Mbh: 10.2 months Interstice Architects: 9.4 months Nastaran Mousavi: 11.5 months Angela Matt Architect, Inc.: 1.4 months Century Electric: 11.7 months James Gates Architectural Corp: 5.6 months Page & Turnboll: 5.1 months Marx | Okubo Associates Inc: 4.4 months Tk Architect: 7.2 months Mithun Architects

10 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 apartments and multifamily alone.

  1. 121 Lofrano Arch/Sculpture Design 53
  2. 122 Butler Armsden Architects 53
  3. 123 Mithun Architects 53
  4. 124 Edw. Lee Hammack, Architect 52
  5. 125 Drsa 52

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

  1. 40 Tecta Associates 30
  2. 41 Martinkovic Milford Architects 29
  3. 42 Mithun Architects 29
  4. 43 Leavitt Architecture 28
  5. 44 Bar Architects 28

Apartments and multifamily issued, 659 architects and designers Apartments and multifamily ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Mithun 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 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Visitacion Valley 17 architects and designers count Visitacion Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Outer Mission 62 architects and designers count Outer Mission 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 apartments and multifamily

Firms ranked near Mithun Architects by permits issued for apartments and multifamily.

  1. 39 Bde Architecture 31 apartments and multifamily issued · 15.9 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  2. 40 Tecta Associates 30 apartments and multifamily issued · 12.6 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  3. 41 Martinkovic Milford Architects 29 apartments and multifamily issued · 9.8 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  4. 44 Bar Architects 28 apartments and multifamily issued · 7.6 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  5. 45 Peter Petruzzi Architect 27 apartments and multifamily issued · 6.2 mo median for apartments and multifamily
  6. 46 Arl Design 26 apartments and multifamily issued

See all 659 architects and designers ranked for apartments and multifamily

Sheet
A-123 No. 123 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Mithun Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C24386 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 Mithun Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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