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HomeHonest 100Burj Mohammed bin Rashid

Building Profile · Abu Dhabi · AE

Burj Mohammed bin Rashid

Honest Height

367m

Architectural Top

381.2m

Vanity Ratio

3.7%

Floors

88

Occupied 367mTop 381.2m

Completed

2014

Architect

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Owner

Aldar Properties

Architectural top vs honest height

Burj Mohammed bin Rashid is marketed at 381.2m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 367m. The gap between those two numbers is 14.2m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 3.7%.

In the Honest 100,Burj Mohammed bin Rashid ranks #47 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 3.7% places Burj Mohammed bin Rashid in the near-zero vanity category. Almost all of its architectural height is occupiable - a rare outcome in tall building design.

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 (CC-BY-SA)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Multiple sources: highest occupied floor 367m; arch top 381.2m