Let us name Bristol's new landmarks

Three cheers for Massive Attack's Robert del Naja for speaking out about the Colston Hall and the poverty of architecture in Bristol.

The new Colston Foyer is great – visually arresting, spacious, a big improvement on what was there before. It was the perfect opportunity to give it a new name and lose some of those old, awful slaving associations: new place, new start. But it was wasted by a council stuck in its tramlines.

As for some of the new buildings down by the "historic" harbourside – well, who really wants to see a casino in battleship grey colours and dull flats built with only regard for costs, not for the built environment they create?

Bristol means both the physical place, and it means us, the people. Wouldn't it be great if we could have a choice on what the Colston and the Museum of Bristol are to be called?

It would be the perfect way to engage citizens more in the city. A real choice with a lasting impact. We could have used the Banksy queue to canvas opinions and ask for suggestions. Choice is good, spending our money and imposing things on us is bad.

Maybe our council just doesn't trust us to agree with it?

Ben Hibble, By email.