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Architect, Sacramento License C28021

Mst Architects

The city has issued 5 of the 6 San Francisco building permits that name Mst Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, Pacific Heights and Portola.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
5 of 6 filed since 2018
Rank for offices
No. 253 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 931 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
83% last filing Jan 2020

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Mst Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 3 offices, 1 apartments and multifamily, 1 retail and shops.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

17% residential
83% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 50% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 17% of filings.
  3. Retail and shops Commercial 0 of 1 issued 17% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 1 issued 17% 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
2018
2 permits filed
Latest filing
Jan 2020
83% of 6 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 2, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 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: 5 of 6 permits filed

83%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

1 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. Mst Architects has 0 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.

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, 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 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. 929 Lpas Architecture + Design 5
  2. 930 Mosaic Architects 5
  3. 931 Mst Architects 5
  4. 932 Nmh Architect 5
  5. 933 Ojanen-Chiou Architects Llp 5

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

  1. 251 Weske Associates 3
  2. 252 Brit Epperson 3
  3. 253 Mst Architects 3
  4. 254 Owow Design 3
  5. 255 Benedict Tranel 3

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Pacific Heights 221 architects and designers count Pacific Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Portola 34 architects and designers count Portola among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach 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 Mst Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 250 Cac Architects 3 offices issued
  2. 251 Weske Associates 3 offices issued
  3. 252 Brit Epperson 3 offices issued
  4. 254 Owow Design 3 offices issued · 4.3 mo median for offices
  5. 255 Benedict Tranel 3 offices issued
  6. 256 Sally Swanson Architects Inc 3 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-931 No. 931 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Mst Architects
Architect, Sacramento
License
C28021 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 Mst Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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