Sentinel (building)

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 including spire.[2] 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]

The building almost finished (2007).

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.[2][3] 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[2] for NZ$60 million[4] 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.[4]

See also

References
  1. Gibson, Anne (13 February 2008). "Shore residents get all high and mighty". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  2. Building towers over Auckland's North Shore – NZ Construction News, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2007
  3. Gibson, Anne (4 September 2007). "Tycoon buys $11m home but complains about NZ taxes". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. Gibson, Anne (25 September 2006). "Cladding gets the big shove". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

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