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%