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Building Profile · Nanjing · CN

Zifeng Tower

Honest Height

316.5m

Architectural Top

450m

Vanity Ratio

29.7%

Floors

89

Occupied 316.5mTop 450m

Completed

2010

Architect

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)

Owner

Greenland Group

Architectural top vs honest height

Zifeng Tower is marketed at 450m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 316.5m. The gap between those two numbers is 133.5m of structure that no occupant reaches.

That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 29.7%.

In the Honest 100,Zifeng Tower ranks #79 by occupied height.

Observation decks

Sky Observation Deck (72F)

Floor 72 · Outdoor

381m

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Vanity context

A Vanity Ratio of 29.7% places Zifeng Tower in the significant vanity range. More than one in seven metres of this building's marketed height is structural decoration nobody stands on.

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 - 450m to spire tip
roof_height_m
Wikipedia - 316.5m to top of hotel floors
highest_occupied_floor_m
Wikipedia - highest occupied floor at 316.5m; observation deck at 381m is ABOVE the stated roof (data anomaly - under review)
observation_decks
Wikipedia - 72F at 381m (above stated highest occupied floor - this is anomalous)
hat_factor_pct
Calculated using roof height: (450-316.5)/450 = 29.7%. Note: observation deck reported at 381m which would reduce ratio. Data under review.
note
Flagged for data review: observation deck elevation (381m) contradicts highest occupied floor (316.5m). Using conservative 316.5m figure pending verification.