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Building Profile · Dubai · AE

Princess Tower

Honest Height

356.9m

Architectural Top

413.4m

Vanity Ratio

13.6%

Floors

101

Occupied 356.9mTop 413.4m

Completed

2012

Architect

Adnan Saffarini

Owner

DAMAC Properties

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%