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Building Profile · Kuala Lumpur · MY

The Exchange 106

Honest Height

405.4m

Architectural Top

453.6m

Vanity Ratio

10.7%

Floors

95

Occupied 405.4mTop 453.6m

Completed

2019

Architect

Fender Katsalidis Architects

Owner

TRX City

Architectural top vs honest height

The Exchange 106 is marketed at 453.6m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 405.4m. The gap between those two numbers is 48.2m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 10.7%.

In the Honest 100,The Exchange 106 ranks #23 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 10.7% places The Exchange 106 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 - 453.6m to spire tip
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 405.4m to roof
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - 95F at approximately 405.4m
hat_factor_pct
Calculated: (453.6-405.4)/453.6 = 10.7%