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Architect, Sf License C21224

Polytech Assoicates

The city has issued 15 of the 15 San Francisco building permits that name Polytech Assoicates since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 2.5 months from filing to issue, 35% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach and Bernal Heights.

Issued by the city
15 of 15 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
2.5 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 80 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 439 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Polytech Assoicates on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 13 offices, 2 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

100% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 13 of 13 issued 87% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 2 of 2 issued 13% 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
2022
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2024
100% of 15 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 0, 2024: 2, 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: 15 of 15 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. Polytech Assoicates has 6 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.

Polytech Assoicates, offices

2.5months

That is 35% faster than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Polytech Assoicates, offices: 2.5 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
2.5 months for offices, faster than 42 of 44 other architects and designers ranked for offices that 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 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 Polytech Assoicates 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 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 Polytech Assoicates

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. 437 Mike Warshaw Architects 15
  2. 438 Aa Permit And Design 15
  3. 439 Polytech Assoicates 15
  4. 440 Studio G+S Architects 15
  5. 441 Wje Associates, Inc. 15

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

  1. 78 House & Robertson Architects 13
  2. 79 Shubin Donaldson 13
  3. 80 Polytech Assoicates 13
  4. 81 Wesley Herr 13
  5. 82 The Think One Corporation 13

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Polytech Assoicates 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 Bernal Heights 189 architects and designers count Bernal Heights 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 Polytech Assoicates by permits issued for offices.

  1. 77 Sutro Architects 13 offices issued
  2. 78 House & Robertson Architects 13 offices issued
  3. 79 Shubin Donaldson 13 offices issued · 5.4 mo median for offices
  4. 81 Wesley Herr 13 offices issued
  5. 89 Des Architects 11 offices issued
  6. 90 Valerio Dewalt Train 11 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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A-439 No. 439 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Polytech Assoicates
Architect, Sf
License
C21224 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 Polytech Assoicates has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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