Architectural top vs honest height
Suzhou IFS is marketed at 450m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 399.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 50.9m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 11.3%.
In the Honest 100,Suzhou IFS ranks #25 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 11.3% places Suzhou IFS 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 - 450m
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 450m (no spire)
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - highest occupied floor at 399.1m (floor 95)
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (450-399.1)/450 = 11.3%