It is an honor and a privilege to work on a historic building. For Alward, one of these projects was a collaboration with Architectural Resources Group to restore Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House on the Stanford University Campus. The National Historic Landmark was Wright's first work in the Bay Area. Started in 1937 and expanded over the course of 25 years, the architect patterned it after a bee's honeycomb.

The architect and designer get the glory for a project, while the builder and subcontractors execute their vision. Alward Construction is fortunate to work with many exceptional artisans. One of our favorite collaborators is Lorna Kollmeyer, who runs an ornamental plaster studio at the Torpedo Training Center on Hunter's Point Shipyard.

Alward Construction is honored to work on many historic buildings, one of which is The Hicks House, in Berkeley which esteemed architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957) designed in 1906.

When builders constructed the three-story Bernal Heights Edwardian in 1900, there were few houses in the rural area, the roads were dirt, and the working-class residents came from Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia. There was plenty of land for dairy cows and goats, with windmills providing power. The remote area grew popular after the 1906 earthquake because solid bedrock protected the existing homes, including the Edwardian.