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Building Profile · Shenzhen · CN

KK100

Honest Height

427m

Architectural Top

442m

Vanity Ratio

3.4%

Floors

100

Occupied 427mTop 442m

Completed

2011

Architect

TFP Farrells

Owner

KingKey Real Estate

Architectural top vs honest height

KK100 is marketed at 442m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 427m. The gap between those two numbers is 15.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 3.4%.

In the Honest 100,KK100 ranks #18 by occupied height.

Observation decks

100F Observation Deck

Floor 100 · Indoor

427m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 3.4% places KK100 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 - 442m
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 427m
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 100F at 427m (observation deck)
observation_decks
Wikipedia - 100F / 427m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (442-427)/442 = 3.4%