The Sentinel (sometimes The Sentinel or Sentinel Tower) is a luxury residential

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...

Takapuna Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is an isthmus between Shoal Bay, New Zealand, Shoal Bay, arm of the Waitematā Harbour, and the Hauraki Gulf. Lake Pupuke, a volca ...

, the central business area of the North Shore region of

Auckland City Auckland City () was a territorial authority area with city status covering the central isthmus of the urban area of Auckland, New Zealand. It was governed by the Auckland City Council from 1989 to 2010, and as a territory within the wider Au ...

, New Zealand. The tower has 30 storeys and is 120m tall. The Sentinel was opened to residents in February 2008. The building contains 117 apartments. 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). The Sentinel was built by Multiplex Constructions''Building towers over Auckland's North Shore'' – ''NZ Construction News'', Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2007 for NZ$60 million and was given a non-notified consent by

North Shore City Council North Shore City was a territorial authority unit in the Auckland Region of New Zealand that was governed by the North Shore City Council. It existed from 1989 until November 2010, when the council was incorporated into Auckland Council. It ha ...

because the idea of having a landmark building in Takapuna was considered favourably when the developer

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first proposed it in 2003. 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.

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The Sentinel
(official building website) {{Takapuna Takapuna Skyscrapers in Auckland 2000s architecture in New Zealand Residential skyscrapers Residential buildings completed in 2008

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