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Building Profile · Dubai · AE

Il Primo Tower

Honest Height

348m

Architectural Top

355.6m

Vanity Ratio

2.1%

Floors

79

Occupied 348mTop 355.6m

Completed

2022

Architect

Unknown

Owner

Unknown

Architectural top vs honest height

Il Primo Tower is marketed at 355.6m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 348m. The gap between those two numbers is 7.6m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 2.1%.

In the Honest 100,Il Primo Tower ranks #61 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 2.1% places Il Primo Tower 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: 355.6m roof=arch top, residential; occupied est 355.6×0.978