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Architect, Berkeley License C33712

Studio Skaggs Kennedy

The city has issued 9 of the 10 San Francisco building permits that name Studio Skaggs Kennedy since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their busiest neighborhoods are Potrero Hill, Financial District/South Beach and South of Market.

Issued by the city
9 of 10 filed since 2018
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 150 of 334 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 642 of 1,543 architects and designers
Commercial share
90% last filing Aug 2025

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Studio Skaggs Kennedy on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 5 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 3 offices, 1 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

10% residential
90% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 4 of 5 issued 50% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 30% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 1 of 1 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 10% 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
2025
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2025
90% of 10 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 1, 2019: 0, 2020: 1, 2021: 0, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 4, 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: 9 of 10 permits filed

90%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

1 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 Skaggs Kennedy has 2 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.

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, 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 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. 640 Spanier Architecture 9
  2. 641 Studio Sarah Willmer 9
  3. 642 Studio Skaggs Kennedy 9
  4. 643 Vokic Architecture 9
  5. 644 360 Builders Studio 9

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

  1. 148 Twelves 13 Architecture 4
  2. 149 Form 4 4
  3. 150 Studio Skaggs Kennedy 4
  4. 151 Beth Morris Architecture Inc 4
  5. 152 Shultz & Associates 4

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

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Potrero Hill 137 architects and designers count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Hayes Valley 106 architects and designers count Hayes Valley 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 Studio Skaggs Kennedy by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 144 Mas Architect Studio 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  2. 145 Sternberg Benjamin Architects 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  3. 148 Twelves 13 Architecture 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  4. 151 Beth Morris Architecture Inc 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  5. 152 Shultz & Associates 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
  6. 153 Olson Kundig 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued

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

Sheet
A-642 No. 642 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Studio Skaggs Kennedy
Architect, Berkeley
License
C33712 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 Skaggs Kennedy has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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