The Paulista School (Escola Paulista, São Paulo School) was an informal group of Brazilian architects who formed in the 1950s. As opposed to the smoother curvy surfaces of the Rio (Carioca) School typified by Oscar Niemeyer, the Paulista work embraced exposed concrete structures, chunkier massing, and rougher finishes.

The two primary figures associated with the Paulista School are the Pritzker Prize-winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha and João Batista Vilanova Artigas; other figures include Joaquim Guedes and Oswaldo Bratke.

Escola Paulista or brutalismo paulista are terms used to identify the architecture produced by a group of architects from São Paulo led by Vilanova Artigas. The group is part of the chain of brutalist architecture and is distinguished by the emphasis on constructive technique, appreciation of the structure and adoption of the apparent reinforced concrete.

This type of architecture is relatively common in the central region of São Paulo and had as its great collaborator the architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas. One of the most remembered examples is the buildings of the FAU (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of USP) and the São Vito Building , which was demolished. much of the Brutalist estate disappeared due to the strong performance of the real estate market, since this architecture did not fall into the taste of consumers. Even so, it is possible to appreciate this type of architecture in several places of the city, among them the stations of the Metrô, especially those constructed in years 70 and 80. Some of them, like the Armenian Station, got to gain prizes of architecture at the time. Other examples are the São Bonifácio Church, designed by Hans Broos, the Central Park Ibirapuera business complex, on the Rua Estela, the MASP building on Avenida Paulista, the residence of the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, on Rua R. Eng. João de Ulhoa Cintra, in Butantã, the building of the Court of Accounts of the Municipality of São Paulo, at Professor Ascendino Reis Avenue, Vila Clementino, and Morumbi Stadium, as well as the Brutalist House of the 1970s, designed by Ruy Ohtake

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