Architectural top vs honest height
CITIC Tower (China Zun) is marketed at 527.7m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 522m. The gap between those two numbers is 5.7m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 1.1%.
In the Honest 100,CITIC Tower (China Zun) ranks #4 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 1.1% places CITIC Tower (China Zun) in the near-zero vanity category. Almost all of its architectural height is occupiable - a rare outcome in tall building design.
Comparable buildings
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 - 527.7m
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 527.7m (roof and structural top coincide)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 109F at approximately 522m (no public observation deck)
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (527.7-522)/527.7 = 1.1% - current Honest Horizon award nominee