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Architect, Petaluma License C21541

Stantec Architecture Inc.

The city has issued 25 of the 28 San Francisco building permits that name Stantec Architecture Inc. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 18.6 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, South of Market and Lone Mountain/USF.

Also filed as
engineer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
25 of 28 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
18.6 mo filing to issue
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 50 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 292 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Stantec Architecture Inc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 11 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 7 offices, 6 retail and shops.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

4% residential
96% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 9 of 11 issued 39% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 6 of 7 issued 25% of filings.
  3. Retail and shops Commercial 6 of 6 issued 21% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 3 of 3 issued 11% of filings.
  5. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 4% 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
10 permits filed
Latest filing
Jun 2026
89% of 28 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 10, 2019: 2, 2020: 0, 2021: 4, 2022: 5, 2023: 0, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 3. 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: 25 of 28 permits filed

89%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

3 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. Stantec Architecture Inc. has 7 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.

Stantec Architecture Inc., all project types

18.6months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Stantec Architecture Inc., all project types: 18.6 months. 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; Stantec Architecture Inc. has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial with usable dates 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. 290 Chipman Design Architecture 25
  2. 291 Steve Walker Studio Inc 25
  3. 292 Stantec Architecture Inc. 25
  4. 293 Studio Perez 25
  5. 294 Verner Architects 25

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

  1. 48 Ankrom Moisan 9
  2. 49 Davis Ko Architects 9
  3. 50 Stantec Architecture Inc. 9
  4. 51 Daniel Shapero 9
  5. 52 Kahn Design Assoc. 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 Stantec Architecture Inc. 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 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Lone Mountain/USF 82 architects and designers count Lone Mountain/USF among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside 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 Stantec Architecture Inc. by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 44 Ratcliff Architects 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 45 The Samuel Group 10 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 47 Shc 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 51 Daniel Shapero 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 52 Kahn Design Assoc. 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 53 Treanorhl 9 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 36.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

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

Sheet
A-292 No. 292 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Stantec Architecture Inc.
Architect, Petaluma
License
C21541 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 Stantec Architecture Inc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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