Oscar Niemeyer's São Paulo office designed the building, with Niemeyer responsible for the sinuous facade, and Joaquim Cardozo is credited with the structure. The infobox adds Carlos Alberto Cerqueira Lemos. The Companhia Pan-Americana de Hotéis e Turismo, whose initials give the name, built it for São Paulo's fourth centenary. It was completed in 1966.
The infobox gives a 1952 start, while the body says work only began in 1957. Height is 389 feet (118.44 m) with 42 floors in the infobox, and 377 feet (115 m) and 32 floors in the body. The article calls it the largest reinforced concrete structure in the country.
It has 1,160 apartments in six blocks and 20 elevators, and the ground floor holds 72 businesses. The infobox gives 2,038 residents and the body about 5,000. Since 2014 a blue-black drape has covered loose tiles.
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