Engineer, San Francisco License C64315
Q Architecture
The city has issued 151 of the 178 San Francisco building permits that name Q Architecture since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 14.7 months from filing to issue, 65% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Sunset/Parkside, Castro/Upper Market and Bernal Heights.
- Also filed as
- architect
- Issued by the city
- 151 of 178 filed since 2018
- Median plan-review time, home remodels
- 14.7 mo city median 8.9 mo
- Rank for home remodels
- No. 37 of 491 by home remodels issued
- Overall rank
- No. 41 of 1,146 engineers
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with Q Architecture on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 80 home remodels, 48 apartments and multifamily, 29 ADUs.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Home remodels Residential 75 of 80 issued 45% of filings.
- Apartments and multifamily Residential 40 of 48 issued 27% of filings.
- ADUs Residential 20 of 29 issued 16% of filings.
- Home additions Residential 7 of 11 issued 6% of filings.
- Offices Commercial 6 of 7 issued 4% of filings.
- Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 2 of 2 issued 1% of filings.
- Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
- 2019
- 38 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Oct 2026
- 85% of 178 issued
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: 151 of 178 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
27 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. Q Architecture has 47 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for home remodels, their most filed type, where 3,361 of 93,498 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.
Q Architecture, home remodels
14.7months
That is 65% slower than the citywide median for home remodels.
4 firms with medians over 18 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 home remodels alone.
- 39 Jg Engineers 160
- 40 C B F Inc 155
- 41 Q Architecture 151
- 42 Michael Chan Company 150
- 43 Ashley & Vance Engineering 148
All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking
- 35 William Liang 80
- 36 Gfds Engineers 77
- 37 Q Architecture 75
- 38 L Wong Engineering 72
- 39 Framework Engineering 70
Home remodels issued, 491 engineers
Where they work
The neighborhoods where Q Architecture files the most permits, and how many engineers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Sunset/Parkside 220 engineers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 Castro/Upper Market 141 engineers count Castro/Upper Market among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 Bernal Heights 136 engineers count Bernal Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
- 04 Outer Richmond 146 engineers count Outer Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods
Questions for the first call
- Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
- How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
- Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?
Other engineers for home remodels
Firms ranked near Q Architecture by permits issued for home remodels.
- 34 Ny Engineering Consulting 81 home remodels issued · 9.4 mo median for home remodels
- 35 William Liang 80 home remodels issued · 3.7 mo median for home remodels
- 36 Gfds Engineers 77 home remodels issued · 5.7 mo median for home remodels
- 38 L Wong Engineering 72 home remodels issued · 8.8 mo median for home remodels
- 39 Framework Engineering 70 home remodels issued · 6.3 mo median for home remodels
- 40 A & J Design Associates Inc. 69 home remodels issued · 6.9 mo median for home remodels
- Sheet
- S-041 No. 41 of 1,146
- Drawing
- Permit record, Q Architecture
- Engineer, San Francisco
- License
- C64315 check with BPELSG
- Source
- San Francisco DBI building permits, since 2018
- 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 Q Architecture has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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