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Architect, Seattle License C38685

Olson Kundig

The city has issued 8 of the 8 San Francisco building permits that name Olson Kundig since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 4.2 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Treasure Island, Potrero Hill and Chinatown.

Issued by the city
8 of 8 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
4.2 mo filing to issue
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 153 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 725 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Olson Kundig on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 2 home remodels, 2 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

25% residential
75% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 4 of 4 issued 50% of filings.
  2. Home remodels Residential 2 of 2 issued 25% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 2 of 2 issued 25% 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
2026
4 permits filed
Latest filing
May 2026
100% of 8 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 1, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 4. 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: 8 of 8 permits filed

100%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

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. Olson Kundig has 4 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.

Olson Kundig, all project types

4.2months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Olson Kundig, all project types: 4.2 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
44 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial have a median for it; Olson Kundig has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial with usable dates 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 Mei Architects: 13.4 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 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 Mei Architects: 13.4 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

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. 723 Mizzack Architecture & Design 8
  2. 724 Mohamad Sarrieh Architects 8
  3. 725 Olson Kundig 8
  4. 726 Rim Architects 8
  5. 727 See Architect 8

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

  1. 151 Beth Morris Architecture Inc 4
  2. 152 Shultz & Associates 4
  3. 153 Olson Kundig 4
  4. 154 Madelyn Mcclellan 4
  5. 155 Anderson Studio For Arch. 4

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Treasure Island 11 architects and designers count Treasure Island among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Potrero Hill 137 architects and designers count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Chinatown 127 architects and designers count Chinatown 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 Olson Kundig by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 150 Studio Skaggs Kennedy 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 151 Beth Morris Architecture Inc 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 152 Shultz & Associates 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 154 Madelyn Mcclellan 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 155 Anderson Studio For Arch. 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 156 Lda Architects 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-725 No. 725 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Olson Kundig
Architect, Seattle
License
C38685 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 Olson Kundig has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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