Choose your favourite nickname for the London Olympic stadium: the zoetrope, Hula Hoop, tambourine, dog bowl or vol au vent

These days, no building is complete without a nickname, usually coined long before the first brick is laid. So when the designs for London鈥檚 Olympic stadium were unveiled last week, we asked readers to send in their suggestions. Although the stadium was instantly denounced as uninspired by almost everyone who laid eyes on it, to the fecund imaginations of 黑洞社区鈥檚 readers, it clearly has far greater potential. We had all sorts of suggestions, from Frisbees to hovercrafts, and potties to jelly moulds, via a whole picnic鈥檚 worth of flans, quiches, trifles and puddings. Maybe we shouldn鈥檛 have sent the email out at lunchtime.

The winner will be announced next week. So, will it be...

1. 鈥� the Hula Hoop? Suggested by Peter Keogh
1. 鈥� the Hula Hoop? Suggested by Peter Keogh

2. 鈥� the Vol au Vent? Suggested by Darren Stacey
2. 鈥� the Vol au Vent? Suggested by Darren Stacey


3. 鈥� the Zoetrope? Suggested by Peter Jenkins
3. 鈥� the Zoetrope? Suggested by Peter Jenkins

4. 鈥� the Tambourine? Suggested by B Smith
4. 鈥� the Tambourine? Suggested by B Smith

5. 鈥� the Dog Bowl? Suggested by Simon Head
5. 鈥� the Dog Bowl? Suggested by Simon Head

Name-calling: some other offerings 鈥�

鈥淪eb鈥檚 Dome?鈥� Andy Pirie

鈥淭he Gateau 鈥� layer upon layer of delicious ideas鈥�
Angela Breckenridge

鈥淭he Fosbury, after US high jumper Dick Fosbury 鈥� if it isn't delivered on time it can be called the Fosbury Flop 鈥︹��
Martin McDonagh

鈥淭he Ostrich, as the main functioning element has been sunk into the ground with its frivolous 鈥榩lumage鈥� left to waft in the breeze鈥� Ben Marston

鈥淗ow about the Emperor鈥檚 New Stadium?鈥� Andrew

鈥淭he Polo Mint (and charge Trebor for the sponsorship)鈥�
Chris Spiceley

鈥淭he Big Top(less)鈥� Barry Gaston

Watch the debate rage at www.building.co.uk/whatyouthink 鈥�