Architectural top vs honest height
Princess Tower is marketed at 413.4m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 356.9m. The gap between those two numbers is 56.5m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 13.6%.
In the Honest 100,Princess Tower ranks #53 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 13.6% places Princess Tower 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 - 413.4m to spire tip
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 356.9m (highest occupied floor)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 101F penthouse at approximately 356.9m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (413.4-356.9)/413.4 = 13.6%