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Building Profile · Dubai · AE

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1

Honest Height

298.1m

Architectural Top

355.4m

Vanity Ratio

16.1%

Floors

82

Occupied 298.1mTop 355.4m

Completed

2012

Architect

WS Atkins

Owner

Emirates Group

Architectural top vs honest height

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 is marketed at 355.4m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 298.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 57.3m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 16.1%.

In the Honest 100,JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 ranks #85 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 16.1% places JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 in the significant vanity range. More than one in seven metres of this building's marketed height is structural decoration nobody stands on.

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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 - 355.4m (including 57.3m spire)
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 298.1m
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - highest occupied floor at 298.1m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (355.4-298.1)/355.4 = 16.1%