Architectural top vs honest height
Bank of America Tower is marketed at 365.8m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 234m. The gap between those two numbers is 131.8m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 36%.
In the Honest 100,Bank of America Tower ranks #95 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 36% places Bank of America Tower in the high vanity category. A substantial proportion of this building's marketed height is non-occupiable structure - the gap between what is marketed and what is usable is material.
Comparable buildings
Similar Vanity Ratio
Similar Honest Height
In context
Sources and methodology
Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.
Per-field source notes
- architectural_top_m
- Wikipedia - 365.8m to spire tip
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 234m to roof (55 floors)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 55F at approximately 234m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (365.8-234)/365.8 = 36.0% - highest confirmed Vanity Ratio in the Honest 100. 131.8m of spire on a 55-floor office building.
- note
- Current reigning Padded Pinnacle award nominee