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HomeHonest 100Lotte World Tower

Building Profile · Seoul · KR

Lotte World Tower

Honest Height

499m

Architectural Top

555m

Vanity Ratio

10.1%

Floors

123

Occupied 499mTop 555m

Completed

2017

Architect

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Owner

Lotte Engineering and Construction

Architectural top vs honest height

Lotte World Tower is marketed at 555m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 499m. The gap between those two numbers is 56.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 10.1%.

In the Honest 100,Lotte World Tower ranks #6 by occupied height.

Observation decks

Seoul Sky

Floor 117 · Indoor

478m

Seoul Sky Open

Floor 123 · Outdoor

499m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 10.1% places Lotte World Tower 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 - 555m
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 541m (roof structure)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - Seoul Sky floors 117-123; top open-air deck at 499m
observation_decks
Wikipedia - Seoul Sky observatory floors 117-123; Sky Bridge Tour at 541m is exterior only, not counted
height_bands
ASSUMPTION: simplified elliptical taper from base to point; actual curved form not modelled precisely