Architectural top vs honest height
China Merchants Bank Global HQ is marketed at 393m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 375.5m. The gap between those two numbers is 17.5m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 4.5%.
In the Honest 100,China Merchants Bank Global HQ ranks #35 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 4.5% places China Merchants Bank Global HQ 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
- Wikipedia: 73 floors, 393m arch; office block; occupied est 393×0.955