Olson Kundig ArchitectsHave you heard about Record Store, the new collaborative project from the Seattle Art Museum and Olson Kundig Architects? As its name suggests, it’s a new, temporary record emporium located at 406 Occidental Avenue in Pioneer Square. However, at this record store, nothing is for sale. Instead, it aims to foster musical exploration through browsing and listening, featuring thousands of records from local collector Bernie Hall and listening stations from Hawthorne Stereo.Alan Maskin, a partner at Olson Kundig, explains how the concept came to be:The idea to have our [storefront] space become the Record Store occurred when Sandra Jackson-Dumont (Seattle Art Museum’s Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education + Public Programs/Adjunct Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art) visited our office to speak about her background and her practice as part of our bi-monthly lecture series. Afterwards, as we toured our office (including our [storefront] space), Sandra mentioned an idea she had for a vinyl record store, or what she calls a “storefront of ideas,” where the public could be invited to curator-led listening parties centered on a large collection of vinyl records.The storefront complements Seattle Art Museum’s currently-running exhibit Theaster Gates: The Listening Room, which features a “collection of approximately 4,000 vinyl records, reclaimed from the former Dr. Wax record store in Chicago.”Record Store runs through January 31st, 2012 and is open Tuesday through Thursday from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.; special selector-led listening parties will take place Tuesday through Thursday from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.