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Architect, Emeryville License C18272

Ratcliff Architects

The city has issued 11 of the 12 San Francisco building permits that name Ratcliff Architects since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their busiest neighborhoods are Marina, West of Twin Peaks and Lakeshore.

Issued by the city
11 of 12 filed since 2018
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 44 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 571 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
92% last filing Sep 2025

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Ratcliff Architects on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 11 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 1 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

8% residential
92% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 10 of 11 issued 92% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 8% 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
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2025
92% of 12 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 4, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 3, 2024: 0, 2025: 2, 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: 11 of 12 permits filed

92%

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. Ratcliff Architects has 3 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.

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, 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 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. 569 Mithun 11
  2. 570 Olexo Design And Build 11
  3. 571 Ratcliff Architects 11
  4. 572 Starkweatherbondy Arch Llp 11
  5. 573 Suarez-Kuehne Architecture 11

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

  1. 42 Boulder Associates Architect 10
  2. 43 Ccsf-Dpw-Ba 10
  3. 44 Ratcliff Architects 10
  4. 45 The Samuel Group 10
  5. 46 Mh Architects 9

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Marina 211 architects and designers count Marina among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 West of Twin Peaks 306 architects and designers count West of Twin Peaks among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Lakeshore 38 architects and designers count Lakeshore among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market 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 Ratcliff Architects by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 41 Charles Hemminger Assoc. 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 9.4 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  2. 42 Boulder Associates Architect 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 3.0 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 43 Ccsf-Dpw-Ba 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 45 The Samuel Group 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 47 Shc 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 50 Stantec Architecture Inc. 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-571 No. 571 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Ratcliff Architects
Architect, Emeryville
License
C18272 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 Ratcliff Architects has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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