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Building Profile · Shenzhen · CN

Galaxy World Tower 1

Honest Height

341.8m

Architectural Top

356m

Vanity Ratio

4%

Floors

71

Occupied 341.8mTop 356m

Completed

2023

Architect

Unknown

Owner

Unknown

Architectural top vs honest height

Galaxy World Tower 1 is marketed at 356m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 341.8m. The gap between those two numbers is 14.2m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 4%.

In the Honest 100,Galaxy World Tower 1 ranks #69 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 4% places Galaxy World Tower 1 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 (CC-BY-SA)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia: twin towers ~356m arch; occupied est 356×0.960