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Crafting a business owned by its workers
May 23, 2011
As weddings go, the Northern Liberties affair was somewhat atypical ... [read more]

A Home in Jenkintown
The Blue House
I live in a 100 old house. We moved here 14 years ago in November. My childhood dream has always been to own a big old house and fix it up. ... [read more]

The Blue House

The Flats at Levesque
YIKEStopia
For over 5 years the blighted buildings have stood vacant and deteriorating ... [read more]

Fishtown: Owners Seek to Build Highest-Standard Green Buildings
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, November 2010
Onion Flats suggested ... that they work with Greensaw Design & Build, a company started in 2006 ... [read more]

Greensaw founder's home completed as test lab for reclaimed materials designs
Flying Kite, November, 2010
When Greensaw Design And Build founder Brendan Jones was building a kitchen backsplash a few months ago ... [read more]

Reclamation Nation
GRID Magazine, November 2010, pg 7
With an emphasis on salvage, Greensaw pioneers a slowbuild philosphy... [read more]

Amazing Kitchens You'll Covet
Philadelphia Magazine, Fall 2010
With the help of Greensaw Design & Build and Friday Architects/Planners, [Judy Wicks, founder of White Dog Cafe,] got a kitchen that's perfect for making home-cooked meals ... and eco-friendly to boot... [read more]

Congratulations to SBN Member Business, Greensaw Design & Build, LLC, Winner of a Retensa Green Grant!
SBN, Summer 2010
Retensa, a leader in talent management research and retention solutions, announced Greensaw as one of three winners... [read more]

Recap of Greenable and Greensaw Party
Examiner, May 2010
Saturday's Greenable and Greensaw party was amazing... [read more]

Greensaw Design & Build: Reclaiming Green
Greensaw was recently featured on MiND TV.

Second Life: A Recently Renovated Glenside Home Showcases Salvage's Potential
GRID Magazine – Cover Story, March 2010
Salvaged and reused objects have a story to tell... read more

Man Caves, Episode DMCV-410
Greensaw was recently featured on Man Caves, hosted by Jason Cameron and Tony Siragusa, on the DIY Network.

Hire Him: Brendan Jones
Philadelphia Magazine, Spring/Summer 2009
In a market inundated with brand-new eco-friendly products, Philadelphia's Greensaw Design & Build, a two-year-old firm, takes a historic approach to building green... read more

Renovation Nation Episode 123
Renovation Nation Episode 103
Greensaw was recently featured on Renovation Nation, hosted by This Old Home's Steve Thomas, on the Discovery Channel's Planet Green Network.

For Brendan Jones '96, It's So Easy Being Green
Germantown Friends, March 2009
In the fall of 2006, [Brendan Jones] started Greensaw Design & Build, an eco-conscious construction firm dedicated to using ... read more

Carpentry Firm and Its Unique Approach to Salvage are in Demand
Architectural Salvage News, July/August 2008
Armed with both bachelors and masters degrees in French and English literature from prestigious Oxford University in England, Brendan Isaac Jones isn't your typical carpenter... read more

Green Architects & Builders
Philadelphia Magazine, Spring 2008
...carpenters perfectly fit houses with architectural salvage finds... read more