Architectural top vs honest height
Shanghai World Financial Center is marketed at 492m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 474m. The gap between those two numbers is 18.0m 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,Shanghai World Financial Center ranks #10 by occupied height.
Observation decks
Sky Walk 474 (100F)
Floor 100 · Outdoor
474m
Sky Walk 423 (97F)
Floor 97 · Indoor
423m
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Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 3.7% places Shanghai World Financial Center 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 - 492m structural top
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 474m to top of Sky Walk 474
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 100F at 474m (Sky Walk and Park Hyatt hotel)
- observation_decks
- Wikipedia - Sky Walk 100F at 474m (outdoor), 97F at 423m (indoor)
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (492-474)/492 = 3.7%