Sentinel (building)

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The building in 2009

The Sentinel (sometimes The Sentinel or Sentinel Tower) is a luxury residential skyscraper in Takapuna, the central business area of North Shore City, New Zealand. The largest and currently only skyscraper in the city, it has 30 storeys. [1] and is 150 m tall. [2] [3] It offers views over the Waitemata Harbour, the wider Hauraki Gulf as well as over to the Auckland CBD skyline. The Sentinel was opened to the first residents in February 2008. [1]

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The building contains 117 apartments, with the uppermost two levels forming a 675 m² [1] penthouse, which was sold in 2007 for NZ$11 million. [4] [5] A communal area on level four includes a 25 m x 6 m heated swimming pool and spa, sauna and gym facilities as well as landscaped areas. [1]

The building contains a number of motifs, from the square (used extensively in the glass facade proportions and in smaller details), to a woven flax basket (hinted at in the latticework of the facade) [1] to the spire on top of the building which evokes a sail, especially from further away across the Hauraki Gulf.

The Sentinel was built by Multiplex Constructions [4] for NZ$60 million [6] and was given a non-notified consent by North Shore City Council because the idea of having a landmark building in Takapuna was considered favourably when the developer Cornerstone Group first proposed it in 2003. [1] The developer has also stated that the consenting regulations have since become onerous to a degree that he would not build such a building under current rules. [6]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gibson, Anne (13 February 2008). "Shore residents get all high and mighty". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  2. "Sentinel - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. "Google Earth- Sentinel Height".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 Building towers over Auckland's North ShoreNZ Construction News, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2007
  5. Gibson, Anne (4 September 2007). "Tycoon buys $11m home but complains about NZ taxes". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  6. 1 2 Gibson, Anne (25 September 2006). "Cladding gets the big shove". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 8 November 2011.

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