tropology, digital, 110, 116, 122, 163, 170, 182

Turing, Alan, 21, 38, 109, 127, 222–27, 242n15; autocatalytic chemicals and, 108; morphogens and, 126, 242n13; reaction-diffusion model of, 92; Thompson and, 107

Turing machine, 83

Turing patterns, 80, 108

Turner, J. Scott, 48–49, 55, 138, 147, 232n9

University College London, 4, 22, 60, 160, 161, 221, 224

University of California, Davis, 20, 85, 89, 97, 203, 231n2, 258n19

University of Pennsylvania, 7, 143, 144, 146, 173, 224; evo-devo at, 21

University of Stuttgart, 19, 44, 74, 223

unnatural selection, 208

urbanism, 41, 43, 173; garbage spill, 65, 67; sustainable, 197

U.S. Office of Naval Research, 218

U.S. Senate: forced sterilization and, 230n29

Vacanti, Joseph, 163

Van der Spiegel, Jan, 151, 153

Van Pelt, Robert Jan, 14

Varela, Francisco, 136, 194

vasculature, 161, 165, 166, 168

Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming, A (Edwards), 10

Venetian Lagoon (Kerrigan), 185, 198 (fig.)

Venice Biennale, 185

Venice Lagoon, 198

Venter, Craig, 170, 184, 189

Venturi, Robert, 220

“Versatility and Vicissitude” (AD), 52

Victimless Leather (Catts and Zurr), 4, 22, 159, 165, 171

Victoria and Albert Museum, 197, 209

“Views of the Tower . . . Positioned with Context,” 120 (fig.)

Ville Radieuse (Le Corbusier), 204

Voithenleitner, Horst, 207

von Bertalanffy, Ludwig, 220

von Neumann, John, 219, 222–27

Waddington, Conrad, 132, 133, 242n13

Walnut Legged Yamanaka McQueen (Ross), 186; photo of, 24

Wang, Hao: work of, 83

Wang, Simin, 154

“Watercube” National Swimming Centre, 36

Watson, James, 107, 110

Weaver, Warren, 219–24

Weber, Bruce, 113, 123

Weinstock, Michael, 5, 13–14, 18–19, 20, 30, 31, 57, 59, 73, 104, 105, 112, 119, 130, 137, 174, 207, 221, 223, 231n2, 233n41, 234n53, 246n111; architecture of emergence of, 36–44; autobiography of, 234n54; bottom-up and, 64; complexity theory and, 68; on Darwin, 121; on differentiation/integration, 37; emergence and, 35, 38–39, 40; evo-devo and, 131; future cities and, 50; generations and, 41–42; Holland and, 118; mimicry and, 63; modeling architecture and, 90; morpho-ecologies and, 44; revisionism and, 62; self-aware and, 214; seminar by, 7; sustainability and, 13, 14; Thompson and, 39

Weismann, August, 106, 112–13, 134

Weiss, Sheila, 210

Welland, Michael, 97

Whitehead, Alfred North, 39

Whitelaw, Emma, 134

Who Wrote the Book of Life? A History of the Genetic Code (Kay), 110

Wiener, Norbert, 39, 217, 218, 219, 222

Williams, Eric, 97

Wired magazine, 197

Wollersberger, Marei, 207

wood, 28, 29, 52, 53, 71, 85; hygroscopic properties of, 50; processing, 72

Woolgar, Steven, 8

xylem, 81, 83, 85, 86

Yaneva, Albena, 8

Yokohama International Port Terminal, 117, 244n59; interior girders at, 117 (fig.)

Zaera-Polo, Alejandro, 117

Zaha Hadid Architects, 66

Zimmer, Carl, 129

Zuniga, Baily, 279

Zurr, Ionat, 4, 18, 22, 159, 161, 163, 169, 170, 180, 191; genetic engineering and, 172; genohype/DNA mania and, 176; leather jackets and, 165; living architecture and, 181; Pig Wings Project and, 164, 171; prototype and, 160