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Building Profile · Wuhan · CN

Wuhan Center

Honest Height

428m

Architectural Top

443.1m

Vanity Ratio

3.4%

Floors

88

Occupied 428mTop 443.1m

Completed

2019

Architect

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Owner

Oceanwide Holdings

Architectural top vs honest height

Wuhan Center is marketed at 443.1m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 428m. The gap between those two numbers is 15.1m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 3.4%.

In the Honest 100,Wuhan Center ranks #17 by occupied height.

Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 3.4% places Wuhan 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 (CC-BY-SA)
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia: 360-degree viewing platform at 428m; roof 438m