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HomeHonest 100Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

Building Profile · Guangzhou · CN

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

Honest Height

496m

Architectural Top

530m

Vanity Ratio

6.4%

Floors

111

Occupied 496mTop 530m

Completed

2016

Architect

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Owner

Chow Tai Fook Enterprises

Architectural top vs honest height

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre is marketed at 530m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 496m. The gap between those two numbers is 34.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 6.4%.

In the Honest 100,Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre ranks #7 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 6.4% places Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre within the moderate range. The non-occupiable structure above the highest occupied floor is significant but not unusual for a building of this height.

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 - 530m
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 496m (no public observation deck)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 111F at approximately 496m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (530-496)/530 = 6.4%