The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]
It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]
He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]
(..) Plain lo, in the morning Lola in slacks. Lois Lane. Mmm. Come see the view. Now, the secret is the height. It's the building material. it's light metals, which... sway a bit in the wind. And you know something about LEXCORP metals, don't you, Miss Lane? (..)2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice