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HomeHonest 100Ping An Finance Centre

Building Profile · Shenzhen · CN

Ping An Finance Centre

Honest Height

555.1m

Architectural Top

599.1m

Vanity Ratio

7.3%

Floors

115

Occupied 555.1mTop 599.1m

Completed

2017

Architect

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Owner

Ping An Insurance

Architectural top vs honest height

Ping An Finance Centre is marketed at 599.1m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 555.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 44.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 7.3%.

In the Honest 100,Ping An Finance Centre ranks #3 by occupied height.

Observation decks

Sky Observatory (115F)

Floor 115 · Outdoor

555m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 7.3% places Ping An Finance Centre 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 - 599.1m to spire tip
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 555.1m
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 115F at 555.1m (observation deck at roof)
observation_decks
Wikipedia - 115F at 555m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (599.1-555.1)/599.1 = 7.3%