▁and ▁business ▁to ▁found ▁and ▁direct ▁three ▁companies ▁special izing ▁in ▁architect ural ▁stone . ▁ ▁Through ▁the ▁architect ural ▁stone ▁companies , ▁Rh odes ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁notable ▁architect s ▁and ▁fir ms . ▁ ▁His ▁stone work ▁contribution ▁to ▁Ol son ▁K und ig ▁Arch itect s ' ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Villa ▁is ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁Jim ▁Ol son : ▁H ouses . ▁▁ ▁Rh odes ▁Arch itect ural ▁Stone , ▁under ▁Rh odes ' ▁direction , ▁supplied ▁the ▁stone work ▁chosen ▁for ▁the ▁cover ▁photograph ers ▁of ▁Peter ▁Pen no yer ▁Arch itect s ▁and ▁New ▁Trop ical ▁Class ics , ▁Hawai ian ▁Hom es ▁by ▁Sh ay ▁Zak . ▁ ▁With ▁Rh odes ▁Arch itect ural ▁Stone , ▁Rh odes ▁purchased ▁ 1 7 ▁villages ▁behind ▁the ▁Three ▁G org es ▁Dam ▁project ▁in ▁China ▁and ▁successfully ▁rec yc led ▁the ▁ant ique ▁stone ▁material ▁into ▁construction ▁of ▁architect ural ▁projects ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Rh odes ' ▁interest ▁with ▁working ▁in ▁high - dens ity ▁lim estone ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁Chinese ▁villages ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁stones ▁texture ▁and ▁warm ▁characteristics . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁being ▁abandoned ▁and ▁flo oded ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁hydro elect ric ▁project , ▁which ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁dis place ▁between ▁ 1 . 1 ▁and ▁ 1 . 9 ▁million ▁people . ▁ ▁The ▁villages ▁were ▁built ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁high - dens ity ▁lim estone , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁a ▁pat ina