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Architect, San Francisco License C012746

Sally Swanson Architects Inc

The city has issued 5 of the 5 San Francisco building permits that name Sally Swanson Architects Inc since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their busiest neighborhoods are West of Twin Peaks, Mission and Chinatown.

Issued by the city
5 of 5 filed since 2018
Rank for offices
No. 256 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 998 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
80% last filing Aug 2022

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Sally Swanson Architects Inc on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 3 offices, 1 apartments and multifamily, 1 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

20% residential
80% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 60% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 20% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 1 issued 20% 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
2020
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2022
100% of 5 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 4, 2021: 0, 2022: 1, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 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: 5 of 5 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. Sally Swanson Architects Inc has 0 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.

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, 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 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. 996 Royo Architects 5
  2. 997 Rwof, Inc. 5
  3. 998 Sally Swanson Architects Inc 5
  4. 999 Scheinholtz Assoc. 5
  5. 1000 Shawn Fritz 5

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

  1. 254 Owow Design 3
  2. 255 Benedict Tranel 3
  3. 256 Sally Swanson Architects Inc 3
  4. 257 The Design Partnership Llp 3
  5. 258 Brennan Cox 3

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

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

  1. 01 West of Twin Peaks 306 architects and designers count West of Twin Peaks among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission 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 offices

Firms ranked near Sally Swanson Architects Inc by permits issued for offices.

  1. 253 Mst Architects 3 offices issued
  2. 254 Owow Design 3 offices issued · 4.3 mo median for offices
  3. 255 Benedict Tranel 3 offices issued
  4. 257 The Design Partnership Llp 3 offices issued
  5. 282 Dnm Architect 2 offices issued
  6. 283 Beaumont & Associates 2 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-998 No. 998 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Sally Swanson Architects Inc
Architect, San Francisco
License
C012746 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 Sally Swanson Architects Inc has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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