As SkyriseVancouver's catalogue of news, Databases and Forum threads continues to pile up, it can sometimes be a challenge to keep on top of the onslaught of information. To determine what projects are resonating with our readers, we've decided to export a popular monthly feature from our sister site UrbanToronto.ca: Topping Off. To recap Vancouver's busy 2017, we round up the year's hottest stories, projects and Forum discussions.
Our Top Ten News Stories
1. Vancouverism: A Made-In-Vancouver Approach to Planning
An Explainer providing a description of Vancouverism, a term that has entered urban planning jargon in recent years, was the top article of the year. A construction update for the now-complete Parq Vancouver placed second.
2. Construction Nears Completion for 'Urban Oasis' Parq Vancouver
3. Rendering and Reality of the MNP Tower
4. Ellsworth Construction Grows Up in Mount Pleasant
5. Granville Street of Yesteryear
6. World's Tallest Passive House Proposed for Vancouver
7. Work is Starting on Vancouver Centre II
8. Plans for Concord Pacific's False Creek Lands Unveiled
9. Council Approves 57-Storey Tower for West End
10. Westbank Proposes 39-Storey Luxury Tower on Alberni Street
Our Top Ten Database Files
A Jenga-like building proposal filed by Bosa Properties was the most popular project in the Database for 2017, while Bjarke Ingels' Vancouver House secured second.
4. Escala
5. Vancouver Central Library Renovation
8. The Arc
10. Trump International Hotel and Tower
Our Top Ten Forum Threads
A retrospective illustrative look at yesteryear topped the Forum rankings while Westbank's Kensington Gardens was the most popular project thread of 2017.
6. Parc Elise
7. Northwest