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What鈥檚 on the minds of building.co.uk readers? Well the challenge of coming up with nicknames for buildings always gets you lot tapping away. Last week, a seven-star hotel planned for Dubai did not disappoint 鈥� 13 of you suggested names, including the 鈥淥rchid鈥�, the 鈥淔ly Trap鈥� and the 鈥淯rinal鈥�.

Closer to home, we decided to dub the design for the UK鈥檚 first vertical theme park in Birmingham 鈥渢he Tripod鈥� (pictured). But one reader, Ian, offered the soubriquet of 鈥淏og Brush鈥� 鈥� unlikely to be copyrighted by the West Midlands tourist board.

There鈥檚 also a lot of hot air on the discussion boards 鈥� that is, comments about wind power. The renewables issue is definitely dividing our online readership.

鈥淭urbines may look pretty but are they effective?鈥� asks John Park about Marks Barfield Architects鈥� plan to cover London with 600 of them. 鈥淲hen such projects are dreamed up, will the dreamers please provide a carbon dioxide emissions balance sheet along with images of the pretty views so we can see the complete picture?!鈥�

A similar view was expressed in response to a story on the 性吧电台 website鈥檚 new sustainability channel. News that the man who installed the first domestic turbine in London was less than impressed with its performance was music to the ears of Ronald Russell. 鈥淔inally someone who can admit that some green ideas just don鈥檛 work, and continue with those that do,鈥� he wrote.

A defence was put forward by Tony Day, a professor of energy engineering at London鈥檚 South Bank University. He wrote: 鈥淲hile Mr McCarthy鈥檚 experience shows that very small domestic turbines may have some way to go before they are viable, it is misleading to suggest that all urban wind installations will fail.鈥�