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Architect, San Francisco License C32761

San Francisco Public Works

The city has issued 28 of the 30 San Francisco building permits that name San Francisco Public Works since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 16.8 months from filing to issue, 185% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, Hayes Valley and South of Market.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
28 of 30 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
16.8 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 21 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 268 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with San Francisco Public Works on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 19 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 9 offices, 2 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

7% residential
93% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 17 of 19 issued 63% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 9 of 9 issued 30% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 2 issued 7% 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
15 permits filed
Latest filing
Dec 2022
93% of 30 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 3, 2019: 15, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 7, 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 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 28 of 30 permits filed

93%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

2 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. San Francisco Public Works has 13 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.

San Francisco Public Works, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

16.8months

That is 185% slower than the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. San Francisco Public Works, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 16.8 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
16.8 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 7 of 43 other architects and designers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that 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 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 San Francisco Public Works 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 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 San Francisco Public Works

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. 266 Juniper Architecture 28
  2. 267 Mork-Ulnes Architects 28
  3. 268 San Francisco Public Works 28
  4. 269 Studio Paz 28
  5. 270 O+A 28

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

  1. 19 Arcus Architecture & Planning 17
  2. 20 Mark Cavagnero Associates 17
  3. 21 San Francisco Public Works 17
  4. 22 Gensler Architect 16
  5. 23 Dorman Assoc 16

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

Where they work

The neighborhoods where San Francisco Public Works files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Hayes Valley 106 architects and designers count Hayes Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Outer Mission 62 architects and designers count Outer Mission 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 San Francisco Public Works by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 18 Rmw 18 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 21.9 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  2. 19 Arcus Architecture & Planning 17 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 39.6 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 20 Mark Cavagnero Associates 17 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 12.4 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  4. 22 Gensler Architect 16 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 24 Martinkovic Milford Architects 15 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 5.2 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  6. 25 Forge Architecture 15 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-268 No. 268 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, San Francisco Public Works
Architect, San Francisco
License
C32761 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 San Francisco Public Works has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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