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Building Profile · Dubai · AE

23 Marina

Honest Height

313.5m

Architectural Top

392.8m

Vanity Ratio

20.2%

Floors

88

Occupied 313.5mTop 392.8m

Completed

2012

Architect

Hazel Wong Architect

Owner

Dubai Properties

Architectural top vs honest height

23 Marina is marketed at 392.8m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 313.5m. The gap between those two numbers is 79.3m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 20.2%.

In the Honest 100,23 Marina ranks #80 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 20.2% places 23 Marina in the significant vanity range. More than one in seven metres of this building's marketed height is structural decoration nobody stands on.

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 - 392.8m to spire tip
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 313.5m to roof
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 88F at approximately 313.5m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (392.8-313.5)/392.8 = 20.2%