Brazil-Portugal Building, Historic building in downtown Bauru, Brazil

The Brazil-Portugal Building is a twelve-story tower with 48 apartments, four per floor, on a 4,227.60 m² corner lot at Avenida Nações Unidas 11-35. It stands on pilotis and is set diagonally to the avenue axis, clad in pale blue and pink ceramic tiles with cobogós beside a wine-coloured brick wall. Apartments of one, two or three bedrooms measure 45.34, 78.82 and 97.72 m², all with 3-metre ceilings.

Built in 1964 to a design by Portuguese architect Fernando Ferreira de Pinho, it was the first building of its kind in Bauru. Contrary to local belief, the first purely residential tower downtown was the Edifício Bauru, also on Avenida Rodrigues Alves. The Brasil Portugal won the competition held by Banco Hipotecário Lar Brasileiro, which financed it and gave it its name.

The name honours Luso-Brazilian roots and was given by Banco Hipotecário Lar Brasileiro, which financed the project through a competition the building won. Its facade is clad in pale blue and pink ceramic tiles, with cobogós beside a wine-coloured brick wall.

The building sits at the corner of Avenida Nações Unidas and Avenida Rodrigues Alves in the heart of downtown. Its central location makes it easy to reach and puts you near other shops and services in the area.

The tower stands at a 90-degree tangent to Avenida Nações Unidas, deliberately angled to appear larger than it is and to improve thermal comfort. Its ground floor was open to pedestrians and vehicles until a gate was approved on 29 May 2012; a vehicle ramp off the avenue still allows foot access.