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HomeHonest 100King Power Mahanakhon

Building Profile · Bangkok · TH

King Power Mahanakhon

Honest Height

281m

Architectural Top

314.2m

Vanity Ratio

10.6%

Floors

77

Occupied 281mTop 314.2m

Completed

2016

Architect

Ole Scheeren / Buro Ole Scheeren

Owner

King Power Group

Architectural top vs honest height

King Power Mahanakhon is marketed at 314.2m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 281m. The gap between those two numbers is 33.2m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 10.6%.

In the Honest 100,King Power Mahanakhon ranks # by occupied height.

Observation decks

MahaNakhon SkyWalk Sky Tray

Floor · Outdoor

310m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 10.6% places King Power Mahanakhon 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

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: 314.2m (some sources 310m)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Sky Residences penthouse on floor 73 estimated at ~281m using Wikipedia floor count (77) and roof height (314m) with ~3.85m floor-to-floor average. Indoor SkyWalk observatory floors 74-75; rooftop Sky Tray glass deck at ~310m on floor 78 (paid public attraction).
note
Distinctive pixelated/cantilevered facade by Ole Scheeren; tallest building in Thailand at completion. 10.6% Vanity Ratio places it among Padded Pinnacle candidates.