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

Vancouver, image by Flickr user Maciek Lulko via Creative Commons

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

1. 1500 West Georgia

1500 West Georgia, image via Bosa Properties

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.

2. Vancouver House

3. Parq Vancouver

4. Escala

5. Vancouver Central Library Renovation

6. Alberni by Kengo Kuma

7. 498 Drake Street

8. The Arc

9. 2468 Balaclava Street

10. Trump International Hotel and Tower

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. Vancouver: Then and Now

Cambie and Cordova, image by Forum contributor Roundabout

A retrospective illustrative look at yesteryear topped the Forum rankings while Westbank's Kensington Gardens was the most popular project thread of 2017.

2. Kensington Gardens

3. Vancouver House

4. Parq Vancouver

5. Burrard Place

6. Parc Elise

7. Northwest

8. 540 Victoria Drive

9. Brixton Flats

10. 988 West Broadway

We will be back at the beginning of February for a recap of January's top news stories, Database files and Forum threads!