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Architect, Oakland License C36879

Studio 144

The city has issued 12 of the 15 San Francisco building permits that name Studio 144 since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by ADUs. Their busiest neighborhoods are Pacific Heights, Sunset/Parkside and South of Market.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
12 of 15 filed since 2018
Rank for ADUs
No. 133 of 149 by ADUs issued
Overall rank
No. 526 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
47% last filing Jan 2026

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Studio 144 on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 4 ADUs, 3 home remodels, 3 offices.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

53% residential
47% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. ADUs Residential 2 of 4 issued 27% of filings.
  2. Home remodels Residential 2 of 3 issued 20% of filings.
  3. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 20% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 2 issued 13% of filings.
  5. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 7% of filings.
  6. Restaurants and bars Commercial 1 of 1 issued 7% of filings.
  7. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 1 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
2020
5 permits filed
Latest filing
Jan 2026
80% of 15 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 0, 2019: 1, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 1. 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: 12 of 15 permits filed

80%

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. Studio 144 has 3 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for ADUs, their most filed type, where 2,467 of 3,439 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, ADUs: 13.5 months. Middle half of city permits: 7.9 to 22.0 months.
84 other architects and designers ranked for ADUs have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for ADUs. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for ADUs, 13.5 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 7.9 to 22.0 months.
0 6 12 18 24 30+ months Xie Associates: 13.8 months Syncopated Architecture: 14.3 months Openscope Studio: 12.7 months Thousand Architects: 10.4 months Cm Architects: 13.6 months Hood Thomas Architects: 18.6 months Shatara Architecture: 12.8 months Hing Wah Construction: 27.3 months Halyard Construction Inc.: 19.6 months Aaron Lim Design: 12.8 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 16.7 months Topetcher Architectural: 18.2 months Knock Arch & Design: 11.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 8.4 months Lofrano Arch/Sculpture Design: 19.7 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 14.9 months Wayne Myer Works Arch: 14.3 months Architects Sf: 21.9 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 7.5 months Hing Wah Design: 12.3 months Aem: 29.0 months Dnm Architect: 21.3 months Mml Architect: 4.2 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 8.4 months Wing Lee Architects: 16.1 months Stephen Antonaros Architect: 15.8 months Van T. Ly & Associataes: 20.4 months Beaumont & Associates: 16.0 months A. Gordon Atkinson Aia: 16.2 months Lcf Solutions: 12.8 months Troy Kashanipour: 20.3 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 8.5 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 11.1 months Kerman Morris Architects: 21.5 months Drafting Cafe Architects: 16.9 months Ken Chan: 15.0 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 14.3 months John Lum Architecture: 22.1 months Kelly Melendez Architect: 12.5 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 4.7 months Sherman Yan: 9.1 months Baukunst: 10.1 months Orisdesign: 21.9 months Blecher Bldg & Urban Design: 13.4 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.4 months Bin Lei: 38.9 months Mike Larkin Architecture: 15.7 months Edit: 7.1 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 25.2 months Engel Architects: 5.2 months Winder Gison Architects: 36.1 months Rachel Malchow Architect Inc.: 10.3 months Lun Chan Associates: 23.5 months Andrea Cernusak: 11.8 months Ashton Richards Arch.: 33.8 months Mahya Salehi Fadardi: 9.3 months Fifth Arch: 18.6 months Arcflux Studio: 12.0 months William Chan: 3.6 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 10.2 months Constructive Solutions: 32.9 months Lisa Wong: 14.2 months Creates Cool: 28.8 months Ya Studio: 9.8 months Selander Architects: 16.0 months Cassandra Mettling Davis: 2.8 months Kwan Design Architects: 14.2 months Bittiker Architecture: 22.8 months Kevin Ma Architecture: 6.9 months Mora Architects: 3.6 months Robles & Assocciates: 53.4 months Farrrell Architecture: 19.3 months 450 Architects Inc.: 26.1 months Arkichik: 5.3 months Barker Decoteau: 17.9 months Larson Shores Arch.: 6.4 months Live Architects: 7.9 months Compassion By Design: 21.3 months C. Swason: 29.8 months Louis Felthouse: 14.4 months Hc Design Build: 12.9 months Young Woo: 10.0 months Bill Poon: 24.9 months Mason Robert Kirby: 47.2 months 0 6 12 18 24 30+ months Xie Associates: 13.8 months Syncopated Architecture: 14.3 months Openscope Studio: 12.7 months Thousand Architects: 10.4 months Cm Architects: 13.6 months Hood Thomas Architects: 18.6 months Shatara Architecture: 12.8 months Hing Wah Construction: 27.3 months Halyard Construction Inc.: 19.6 months Aaron Lim Design: 12.8 months Jason M.J.Chan Architect: 16.7 months Topetcher Architectural: 18.2 months Knock Arch & Design: 11.5 months Michael Harris Architecture: 8.4 months Lofrano Arch/Sculpture Design: 19.7 months Kotas/Pantaleoni Architects: 14.9 months Wayne Myer Works Arch: 14.3 months Architects Sf: 21.9 months Schaub | Li | Architects: 7.5 months Hing Wah Design: 12.3 months Aem: 29.0 months Dnm Architect: 21.3 months Mml Architect: 4.2 months Huang Iboshi Architecture: 8.4 months Wing Lee Architects: 16.1 months Stephen Antonaros Architect: 15.8 months Van T. Ly & Associataes: 20.4 months Beaumont & Associates: 16.0 months A. Gordon Atkinson Aia: 16.2 months Lcf Solutions: 12.8 months Troy Kashanipour: 20.3 months Jorge Carbonell Architecture: 8.5 months Ottolini Booth & Associates: 11.1 months Kerman Morris Architects: 21.5 months Drafting Cafe Architects: 16.9 months Ken Chan: 15.0 months William Pashelinsky Arch.: 14.3 months John Lum Architecture: 22.1 months Kelly Melendez Architect: 12.5 months Mason Kirby Inc.: 4.7 months Sherman Yan: 9.1 months Baukunst: 10.1 months Orisdesign: 21.9 months Blecher Bldg & Urban Design: 13.4 months Martinkovic Milford Architects: 9.4 months Bin Lei: 38.9 months Mike Larkin Architecture: 15.7 months Edit: 7.1 months Zachary Nathan Architect: 25.2 months Engel Architects: 5.2 months Winder Gison Architects: 36.1 months Rachel Malchow Architect Inc.: 10.3 months Lun Chan Associates: 23.5 months Andrea Cernusak: 11.8 months Ashton Richards Arch.: 33.8 months Mahya Salehi Fadardi: 9.3 months Fifth Arch: 18.6 months Arcflux Studio: 12.0 months William Chan: 3.6 months Arcus Architecture & Planning: 10.2 months Constructive Solutions: 32.9 months Lisa Wong: 14.2 months Creates Cool: 28.8 months Ya Studio: 9.8 months Selander Architects: 16.0 months Cassandra Mettling Davis: 2.8 months Kwan Design Architects: 14.2 months Bittiker Architecture: 22.8 months Kevin Ma Architecture: 6.9 months Mora Architects: 3.6 months Robles & Assocciates: 53.4 months Farrrell Architecture: 19.3 months 450 Architects Inc.: 26.1 months Arkichik: 5.3 months Barker Decoteau: 17.9 months Larson Shores Arch.: 6.4 months Live Architects: 7.9 months Compassion By Design: 21.3 months C. Swason: 29.8 months Louis Felthouse: 14.4 months Hc Design Build: 12.9 months Young Woo: 10.0 months Bill Poon: 24.9 months Mason Robert Kirby: 47.2 months

6 firms with medians over 30 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 ADUs alone.

  1. 524 Pm Design Architectural 12
  2. 525 Practice Makes Architecture 12
  3. 526 Studio 144 12
  4. 527 Ricardo Moura 12
  5. 528 Adbc Architecture 12

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

  1. 131 Lf Design 2
  2. 132 Yogesh Chitlangia Architect 2
  3. 133 Studio 144 2
  4. 134 Ovid Design & Development 2
  5. 135 Adam Franch Architecture 2

ADUs issued, 149 architects and designers ADUs ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Studio 144 files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Pacific Heights 221 architects and designers count Pacific Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Excelsior 69 architects and designers count Excelsior 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 ADUs

Firms ranked near Studio 144 by permits issued for ADUs.

  1. 129 Michael Schilling Design 2 ADUs issued
  2. 130 Mathau Roche Design Group 2 ADUs issued
  3. 132 Yogesh Chitlangia Architect 2 ADUs issued
  4. 135 Adam Franch Architecture 2 ADUs issued
  5. 136 Design+Build 2 ADUs issued
  6. 137 Cline Architects 2 ADUs issued

See all 149 architects and designers ranked for ADUs

Sheet
A-526 No. 526 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Studio 144
Architect, Oakland
License
C36879 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 Studio 144 has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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