Editing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (section)

==Early career==
Mies was born March 27, 1886, in [[Aachen]], Germany.<ref name="Magill2014">{{cite book| author=Frank N. Magill| title=The 20th Century Go-N: Dictionary of World Biography| date=March 5, 2014| publisher=Routledge| isbn=9781317740605| pages=2520}}</ref> He worked in his father's [[stone carving]] shop<ref name="Magill2014"/> and at several local design firms before he moved to [[Berlin]], where he joined the office of [[interior design]]er [[Bruno Paul]].<ref name="Cohen1996">{{cite book| author=Jean-Louis Cohen| title=Mies Van Der Rohe| year=1996| publisher=Taylor & Francis| isbn=9780419203308| pages=13}}</ref> He began his architectural career as an [[apprentice]] at the studio of [[Peter Behrens]] from 1908 to 1912,<ref name="Cohen1996-2">{{cite book| author=Jean-Louis Cohen| title=Mies Van Der Rohe| year=1996| publisher=Taylor & Francis| isbn=9780419203308| pages=15}}</ref> where he was exposed to the current design theories and to progressive [[German culture]]. He worked alongside [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Walter Gropius]], who was later also involved in the development of the [[Bauhaus]]. Mies served as construction manager of the [[Embassy of Germany in Saint Petersburg|Embassy of the German Empire]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] under Behrens.<ref name="encspb">{{cite web | title = German Embassy Building | publisher = Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg | url = http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804004653 | access-date = August 11, 2008}}</ref>

Ludwig Mies renamed himself as part of his transformation from a tradesman's son to an architect working with Berlin's cultural elite, adding "van der" and his mother's maiden name "Rohe"<ref>{{cite news |last=Haubrich |first=Rainer |date=July 18, 2001 |title=Die Moderne ist Geschichte |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article463762/Die-Moderne-ist-Geschichte.html |publisher=Die Welt |language=de |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.designboom.com/portrait/mies/bg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810221712/http://www.designboom.com/portrait/mies/bg.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2001 |title=Ludwieg Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) |publisher=designboom.com |access-date=March 22, 2011 }}</ref> and using the Dutch "van der", because the German form "[[von]]" was a [[nobiliary particle]] legally restricted to those of [[German nobility]] lineage.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 6, 1990
| first= Cecil | last= Adams| title=Do Italian last names beginning with "de," "del," or "della" indicate nobility?| url=https://www.straightdope.com/21341805/do-italian-last-names-beginning-with-de-del-or-della-indicate-nobility| access-date=March 10, 2023| publisher=The Straight Dope| language=en}}</ref> He began his independent professional career designing [[upper-class]] homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe |url=http://architectuul.com/architect/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe |publisher=Architectuul.com |access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>