Conversation so far:
What did Ludwig Mies van der Rohe do first in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's career?
He worked in his father's stone carving shop and at several local design firms.
What design firms did he work for?
He began his architectural career as an apprentice at the studio of Peter Behrens from 1908 to 1912.
What did he create there?
Mies served as construction manager of the Embassy of the German Empire in Saint Petersburg under Behrens.
What was his biggest project?
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Did he do anything aside from work for the firms and his father?
He began his independent professional career designing upper-class homes, joining the movement seeking a return to the purity of early 19th-century Germanic domestic styles.
What was his style like?
the early nineteenth century Prussian Neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Question: Did he have any inspiration or influence?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Ludwig have any inspiration or influence?