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HomeHonest 100Jin Mao Tower

Building Profile · Shanghai · CN

Jin Mao Tower

Honest Height

375m

Architectural Top

420.5m

Vanity Ratio

10.8%

Floors

88

Occupied 375mTop 420.5m

Completed

1999

Architect

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Adrian Smith)

Owner

China Jin Mao Group

Architectural top vs honest height

Jin Mao Tower is marketed at 420.5m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 375m. The gap between those two numbers is 45.5m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 10.8%.

In the Honest 100,Jin Mao Tower ranks #38 by occupied height.

Observation decks

88F Observation Deck

Floor 88 · Indoor

374m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 10.8% places Jin Mao Tower 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 - 420.5m
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 375m to observation deck level
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 88F Grand Hyatt hotel at 375m
observation_decks
Wikipedia - 88F at 374.5m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (420.5-375)/420.5 = 10.8%