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Architect, San Francisco License C28490

Tef Design

The city has issued 60 of the 94 San Francisco building permits that name Tef Design since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 13.6 months from filing to issue, 247% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, South of Market and Mission.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
60 of 94 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
13.6 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 40 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 99 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Tef Design on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 34 offices, 29 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 25 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

28% residential
72% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 30 of 34 issued 36% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 15 of 29 issued 31% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 9 of 25 issued 27% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 4 of 4 issued 4% of filings.
  5. ADUs Residential 1 of 1 issued 1% of filings.
  6. Restaurants and bars Commercial 1 of 1 issued 1% 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
27 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2026
64% of 94 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 18, 2019: 7, 2020: 27, 2021: 11, 2022: 9, 2023: 6, 2024: 4, 2025: 7, 2026: 5. 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: 60 of 94 permits filed

64%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

34 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. Tef Design has 41 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.

Tef Design, offices

13.6months

That is 247% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Tef Design, offices: 13.6 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
13.6 months for offices, faster than 4 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 Som: 2.4 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 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 Tef Design 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 Som: 2.4 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 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 Tef Design

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. 97 Tmda 64
  2. 98 Evoco Architecture Interiors 62
  3. 99 Tef Design 60
  4. 100 Harvey Hacker Architects 60
  5. 101 Apic Designs Inc. 60

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

  1. 38 Otj Architects 31
  2. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30
  3. 40 Tef Design 30
  4. 41 Kwan Henmi Architect 28
  5. 42 Hammel, Green & Abrahamson 27

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Tef Design 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 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Nob Hill 109 architects and designers count Nob Hill 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 Tef Design by permits issued for offices.

  1. 37 Blitz 38 offices issued
  2. 38 Otj Architects 31 offices issued
  3. 39 Martinkovic Milford Architects 30 offices issued
  4. 44 Michael Zucker & Associates 26 offices issued
  5. 45 Tecta Associates 25 offices issued
  6. 46 Mark Horton Architecture 25 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

Sheet
A-099 No. 99 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Tef Design
Architect, San Francisco
License
C28490 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 Tef Design has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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