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The Marina Torch

Honest Height

300.1m

Architectural Top

352m

Vanity Ratio

14.7%

Floors

86

Occupied 300.1mTop 352m

Completed

2011

Architect

RNL Design

Owner

Select Group

Architectural top vs honest height

The Marina Torch is marketed at 352m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 300.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 51.9m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 14.7%.

In the Honest 100,The Marina Torch ranks #83 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 14.7% places The Marina Torch 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 - 352m (including 51.9m spire)
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 300.1m (roof at level of highest floor)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - highest occupied floor at 300.1m (floor 79)
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (352-300.1)/352 = 14.7%