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Architect, San Francisco License C26963

Som

The city has issued 81 of the 90 San Francisco building permits that name Som since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 2.4 months from filing to issue, 37% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Chinatown and Mission.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
81 of 90 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
2.4 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 17 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 66 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Som on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 65 offices, 15 apartments and multifamily, 7 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

20% residential
80% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 61 of 65 issued 72% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 11 of 15 issued 17% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 7 of 7 issued 8% of filings.
  4. Home remodels Residential 2 of 3 issued 3% 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
2026
20 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
90% of 90 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 8, 2019: 13, 2020: 11, 2021: 5, 2022: 6, 2023: 5, 2024: 4, 2025: 18, 2026: 20. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

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: 81 of 90 permits filed

90%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

9 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. Som has 17 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.

Som, offices

2.4months

That is 37% faster than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Som, offices: 2.4 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
2.4 months for offices, faster than 43 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 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 Som 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 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 Som

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. 64 Brooks Mcdonald Architecture 82
  2. 65 Stanton Architecture 82
  3. 66 Som 81
  4. 67 Creates Cool 80
  5. 68 Aem 79

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

  1. 15 Fennie & Mehl Architects 70
  2. 16 Rapt Studio 69
  3. 17 Som 61
  4. 18 Constructive Solutions 59
  5. 19 Msa Architecture+Design 59

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Som 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 Chinatown 127 architects and designers count Chinatown among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 North Beach 97 architects and designers count North Beach 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 Som by permits issued for offices.

  1. 14 Ia Interior Architects 83 offices issued · 7.7 mo median for offices
  2. 15 Fennie & Mehl Architects 70 offices issued
  3. 16 Rapt Studio 69 offices issued · 9.6 mo median for offices
  4. 18 Constructive Solutions 59 offices issued
  5. 19 Msa Architecture+Design 59 offices issued · 5.0 mo median for offices
  6. 20 Uesugi & Associates 58 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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A-066 No. 66 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Som
Architect, San Francisco
License
C26963 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 Som has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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