Check out Sao Paulo’s must-see buildings below:

Edifício Itália

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Architect: Franz Heep
Built: 1965
Type: Housing
Address: Av. Ipiranga, 344 – Av.São Luís 50 – Centro, São Paulo – SP, 01046-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.edificioitalia.com.br/

Edifício Copan


Architect: Oscar Niemeyer
Built: 1966
Type: Housing
Address: Av. Ipiranga, 200 – Centro, São Paulo – SP, 01046-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: No

Edifício Sampaio Moreira


Architect: Christiano Stockler das Neves, Sampaio Moreira
Built: 1926
Type: Housing
Address: R. Líbero Badaró, 340 – Centro, São Paulo – SP, 01002-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: No

Municipal Theater of São Paulo


Architect: Claudio and Domiziano Rossi
Built: 1911
Type: Theater
Address: Praça Ramos de Azevedo, s/n – República, São Paulo – SP, 01037-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.theatromunicipal.org.br/

São Paulo Museum of Art

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Architect: Lina Bo Bardi
Built: 1947
Type: Museum
Address: Av. Paulista, 1578 – Bela Vista, São Paulo – SP, 01310-200, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm, Thursday: 10am – 8pm, Monday: closed
Cost: R$30
Website:  www.masp.art.br/masp2010/

Pinacoteca do Estado Restoration


Architect: Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Built: 1990
Type: Museum
Address: Praça da Luz, 2 – Luz, São Paulo – SP, 01120-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 10am – 5:300pm
Cost: R$6, Free on Saturday
Website:  www.pinacoteca.org.br/

Centro Cultural São Paulo


Architect: Eurico Lopes and Luiz Telles
Built: 1982
Type: Theaters, Concert, Gallery, Library, Studios
Address: Rua Vergueiro, 1000 – Paraíso, São Paulo – SP, 01504-000, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br/

Sesc Pompéia

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Architect: Lina Bo Bardi
Built: 1982
Type: Cultural Center
Address: R. Clélia, 93 – Pompeia, São Paulo – SP, 05042-000, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.sescsp.org.br/unidades/11_POMPEIA/

Architect: Lina Bo Bardi
Built: 1982
Type: Cultural Center
Address: R. Clélia, 93 - Pompeia, São Paulo - SP, 05042-000, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.sescsp.org.br/unidades/11_POMPEIA/

Architect: Eurico Lopes and Luiz Telles
Built: 1982
Type: Theaters, Concert, Gallery, Library, Studios
Address: Rua Vergueiro, 1000 – Paraíso, São Paulo – SP, 01504-000, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.centrocultural.sp.gov.br/

Architect: Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Built: 1990
Type: Museum
Address: Praça da Luz, 2 - Luz, São Paulo - SP, 01120-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Daily: 10am – 5:300pm
Cost: R$6, Free on Saturday
Website:  www.pinacoteca.org.br/

Architect: Lina Bo Bardi
Built: 1947
Type: Museum
Address: Av. Paulista, 1578 - Bela Vista, São Paulo - SP, 01310-200, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm, Thursday: 10am – 8pm, Monday: closed
Cost: R$30
Website:  www.masp.art.br/masp2010/

Architect: Claudio and Domiziano Rossi
Built: 1911
Type: Theater
Address: Praça Ramos de Azevedo, s/n - República, São Paulo - SP, 01037-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.theatromunicipal.org.br/

Architect: Christiano Stockler das Neves, Sampaio Moreira
Built: 1926
Type: Housing
Address: R. Líbero Badaró, 340 - Centro, São Paulo - SP, 01002-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: No

Architect: Oscar Niemeyer
Built: 1966
Type: Housing
Address: Av. Ipiranga, 200 - Centro, São Paulo - SP, 01046-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: No

Architect: Franz Heep
Built: 1965
Type: Housing
Address: Av. Ipiranga, 344 - Av.São Luís 50 - Centro, São Paulo - SP, 01046-010, Brazil
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: www.edificioitalia.com.br/