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Costa Brown Architecture

Architecture firm · San Francisco
costabrown.com[email protected]LinkedIn1620 Montgomery St Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94111

Costa Brown Architecture is an architecture firm with 21 tracked San Francisco building-permit projects on record, with the latest filing in that record 20 days ago. Its filings (Apr 2025 to Oct 2026) are concentrated in South of Market and Chinatown, 80% commercial. A typical project in the record declares $12K–$204K. If you work at Costa Brown Architecture, claim this page to add a description.

Filed 20 days ago
#97
by SF filing activity
among SF architects & engineers, 90 days to Nov 1, 2026
21
projects
from 38 filings
7/16
active weeks
weeks with a filing (16 weeks to Nov 1, 2026)
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Typical project$12K–$204K$48K typical2.8× the SF median ($17K)Last filed20 days agoSouth of Market · Oct 19, 2026Last 90 days6 active6 newly filed

Filing activity · 16 weeks to Nov 1, 2026 · peak Sep 2026

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Project mix · by use

Commercial80%
Residential20%

Geography · by neighborhood

South of Market31%
Chinatown25%
Financial District/South Beach19%
Inner Sunset13%
Presidio Heights12%

Shared-project connections

#FirmPrimary roleSharedRelative
1Acg Engineers IncEngineering2
2MHC EngineersEngineering2
3A. UrrutiaArchitecture1
4Ashley & Vance EngineeringArchitecture1
5GFDS Structural DesignEngineering1
1Walls Construction And Contracting IncGeneral contractor5
2C C I Commercial Construction & ImprovGeneral contractor4
3Two Bricks Design BuildGeneral contractor3
4Swinerton BuildersGeneral contractor2
5Elson Electric Holdings IncGeneral contractor2

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Firms that appear on the same San Francisco permit filings. Association on shared filings, not a proven working relationship.
State licenseCalifornia architect #C25678On 4 of this firm's filings. Architect licenses are held by individuals, not by firms.
Repeat working relationships7 firmsFirms this one appears with on more than one project, out of 23 in total.
Permit speed30 days
This firm30d
SF median29d
1 day longer than the SF median
based on 9 firm filings vs 4,615 SF filings

Frequently asked questions

How many SF projects does Costa Brown Architecture appear on?▾
PermitPipeline tracks 21 San Francisco building-permit projects for Costa Brown Architecture (Apr 2025 to Oct 2026). 6 had filing activity in the last 90 days.
Does Costa Brown Architecture work on commercial or residential projects?▾
Across its tracked San Francisco filings, 80% of Costa Brown Architecture's projects are commercial and 20% are residential (multifamily, small residential, or single-family). Based on permit records, not self-reported.
Where in San Francisco does Costa Brown Architecture work?▾
31% of Costa Brown Architecture's tracked San Francisco projects are in South of Market.
What is a typical Costa Brown Architecture project worth?▾
The median declared value across the 21 San Francisco projects Costa Brown Architecture has on record that state one is $48K (declared value on the permit filing, not contract value).
Which firms appear most often on the same filings as Costa Brown Architecture?▾
Costa Brown Architecture most frequently appears on the same San Francisco permit filings as Walls Construction And Contracting Inc, C C I Commercial Construction & Improv, Two Bricks Design Build. Appearing together indicates association on shared filings, not a proven working relationship.
Is Costa Brown Architecture an architecture firm?▾
Costa Brown Architecture is listed as an architecture firm on its San Francisco permit filings. Roles on this profile are derived from the role each firm holds on public SF DBI filings.
Public aggregate — full project records are part of the paid leads product. Ranking, filing activity, project mix and geography were last recomputed Nov 1, 2026. Project counts, declared values and filing dates are read live from SF DBI filings.
How far back does this record go?▾
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