Architectural top vs honest height
The Marina Torch is marketed at 352m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 300.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 51.9m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 14.7%.
In the Honest 100,The Marina Torch ranks #83 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 14.7% places The Marina Torch 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 - 352m (including 51.9m spire)
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 300.1m (roof at level of highest floor)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - highest occupied floor at 300.1m (floor 79)
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (352-300.1)/352 = 14.7%