Architectural top vs honest height
Ningbo Central Plaza is marketed at 409m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 393m. The gap between those two numbers is 16.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 3.9%.
In the Honest 100,Ningbo Central Plaza ranks #26 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 3.9% places Ningbo Central Plaza 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 (CC-BY-SA)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia + B1M article: 80 floors, Ritz-Carlton on floors 62-80 with Club Lounge. 409m architectural; SOM tapering scalloped crown above floor 80. Estimate retained.