You might enjoy this article on John Lautner. When I graduated in ’75 he gave me an interview in his office. It was right on Hollywood Blvd., a very modest studio in an old office building like you find on that street, no conference rooms or reception spaces or any of that, just a studio. He was basically there by himself. He told me he had no work, but he still took the time to look through my book. He was kinda big; he looked like Brando in Apocalypse Now, very impressive figure but soft-spoken.