Last month, we rounded up SkyriseVancouver's most popular stories, project Databases and Forum threads of December 2017 and the year as a whole. Today, we're looking at which developments excited our readers the most over the first month of 2018, which promises some big additions to the city skyline.

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. Splashy Public Art Installed as The Duke Arrives in Mount Pleasant

The Duke, image by Forum contributor Roundabout

The arrival of public art at Edgar Developments' Mount Pleasant development earned enough viewers for the top slot. Rezoning approval of a 16-storey rental building on West Broadway was the second most popular story of the month.

2. Rezoning Approved for 16-Storey Rental Tower at 1296 West Broadway

3. Council Approves Rezoning for West Georgia "Jenga" Tower

4. Crystalline Office Tower Proposed at Station Street and Terminal Avenue

5. The Marine Building's Art Deco "Aquatecture"

6. Viaduct Demolition and Northeast False Creek Plan Heading to City Council

7. Royal Columbian Hospital Redevelopment Already Paying Dividends

8. Portions of Concord Pacific's The Arc Hit Grade

9. Washington Properties Nears Completion of 35 Park West on Cambie

10. Precast Concrete Cladding Installed on New SFU Building

Our Top Ten Database Files

1. Vancouver House

Vancouver House, image by Forum contributor City Of Rain

The renovation of Vancouver Central Library slipped from first to third, allowing BIG's Vancouver House to crown the category. Burnaby's multi-tower Amazing Brentwood development landed in the second slot.

2. The Amazing Brentwood

3. Vancouver Central Library Renovation

4. The Duke

5. 1500 West Georgia

6. 1296 West Broadway

7. 2468 Balaclava Street

8. Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver

9. 4255 Arbutus Street (Arbutus Centre)

10. The Arc

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. Vancouver House

Westbank's Vancouver House was also the most popular Forum thread of the month, as users frequently returned to check in on the progress of the twisting tower. Kensington Gardens, another residential Westbank project, was the second most popular thread in January.

2. Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, image by Forum contributor City Of Rain

3. Burrard Place

4. Vancouver Centre II

5. Alberni by Kengo Kuma

6. 1296 Station Street

7. Strathcona Village

8. 1488 Robson Street

9. Vancouver Skyline

10. 498 Drake Street

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