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Architect, San Francisco License C39053

Otj Architects

The city has issued 48 of the 57 San Francisco building permits that name Otj Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 6.0 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, South of Market and Mission.

Also filed as
designer
Issued by the city
48 of 57 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
6.0 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 38 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 140 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Otj Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 37 offices, 6 apartments and multifamily, 5 retail and shops.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

12% residential
88% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 31 of 37 issued 65% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 5 of 6 issued 11% of filings.
  3. Retail and shops Commercial 5 of 5 issued 9% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 4 of 5 issued 9% of filings.
  5. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 2 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  6. Home remodels Residential 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
17 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
84% of 57 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 1, 2020: 7, 2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 9, 2025: 17, 2026: 16. 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: 48 of 57 permits filed

84%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

9 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. Otj Architects has 10 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.

Otj Architects, all project types

6.0months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Otj Architects, all project types: 6.0 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; Otj Architects 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. 138 Rothblatt Architecture 49
  2. 139 Levy Art+Architecture 48
  3. 140 Otj Architects 48
  4. 141 Mark Horton Architecture 48
  5. 142 Marjang Design 48

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

  1. 36 Michael Castro 38
  2. 37 Blitz 38
  3. 38 Otj Architects 31
  4. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30
  5. 40 Tef Design 30

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Otj 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 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Mission Bay 109 architects and designers count Mission Bay 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 Otj Architects by permits issued for offices.

  1. 34 Revel 39 offices issued
  2. 35 Mbh Architects 38 offices issued · 14.7 mo median for offices
  3. 37 Blitz 38 offices issued
  4. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30 offices issued
  5. 40 Tef Design 30 offices issued · 13.6 mo median for offices
  6. 44 Michael Zucker & Associates 26 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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A-140 No. 140 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Otj Architects
Architect, San Francisco
License
C39053 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 Otj Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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