This museum in Beijing takes its name from the red brick used by architect Dong Yugan to create spaces that are dramatically illuminated by skylights, perforations and narrow windows incorporated into its homogenous masonry surfaces.

Red Brick Art Museum is a folk-based, non-profit art museum showcasing Chinese and world art, which was founded by collectors Yan Shijie and Cao Mei, and opened in 2014.
The museum is located in the Chinese capital's Chaoyang district, northeast of the city centre. It covers a total area of 20,000 square metres, with almost 10,000 square metres of exhibition space.

Architect Dong Yugan, who is a professor at Peking University's Architecture Research Center, designed the building using red brick as the main cladding material for a two-storey structure that sits above a basement housing a projection room. The upper levels contain nine exhibition spaces, two public recreation areas, a lecture hall, dining room, cafe and various other facilities.

As part of the architectural project for the museum, Dong also created a landscaped garden featuring contrasting dark brick that is used to form pathways, walls and seating areas.
Architectural photographer Yueqi Jazzy Li visited the museum and told Dezeen that he was impressed by the way the uniform use of brick creates a cohesion and simplicity that contrasts with the surrounding shanty shops.

"Once inside the museum compound, it is clear that this is about a pure celebration of masonry architec...