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Building Profile · Shenzhen · CN

China Merchants Bank Global HQ

Honest Height

372m

Where the elevator stops

“Official” Height

393m

Including spires & vanity steel

Vanity Ratio

5.3%

Floors

77

Our Rank

#35

“Official” Rank

#46

Occupied 372mTop 393m

Completed

2025

Architect

KPF

Owner

China Merchants Bank

Architectural top vs honest height

China Merchants Bank Global HQ is marketed at 393m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 372m. The gap between those two numbers is 21.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 5.3%.

In the Honest 100,China Merchants Bank Global HQ ranks #35 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 5.3% places China Merchants Bank Global HQ within the moderate range. The non-occupiable structure above the highest occupied floor is significant but not unusual for a building of this height.

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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 (CC-BY-SA)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Foster + Partners project page: 'a dramatic observatory garden near the crown... arranged around a quadruple height atrium'. 393m architectural / 77 floors; explicit crown architecture above top office level. Estimate revised down from 375.5.
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