Preface -- 1: Protistan Skeletons: A Geologic History of Evolution and Constraint -- 2: Morphospaces and Databases: Diatom Diversification through Time -- 3: Biomineralization in Diatoms: The Organic Templates -- 4: Mandibular Gnathobases of Marine Planktonic Copepods - Structural and Mechanical Challenges for Diatom Frustules -- 5: Diatom Frustule Morphology and its Biomimetic Applications in Architecture and Industrial Design -- 6: Fiber Reinforced Building Envelopes Inspired by Nature: Pavilion COCOON_FS -- 7: Biomimetic Engineering of Tailored, Ultra-Lightweight Fibrous Composites -- 8: Echinoderms: Hierarchically Organized Light Weight Skeletons -- 9: Research Review: The Functions of Phytoliths in Land Plants -- 10: ELiSE - An Integrated, Holistic, Bionic Approach to Develop Optimized Lightweight Solutions For Engineering, Architecture, and Design -- 11: Offshore Foundation Based on the ELiSE Method.