Charlotte Malterre-Barthes: Unmaking architecture.

In this new episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes spoke with me about her recent book, A Moratorium on New Construction, published by Sternberg Press in 2025 as part of their Critical Spatial Practices series.If a book starts with, ‘To build is to destroy’, things are liable to get pretty exciting (for an architecture fan).  As the bumf puts it – and our chat opens out  - Charlotte’s provocation for a moratorium is in pursuit of a reimagined productive building culture: ‘To pause new construction—even if momentarily, creates a radical thinking framework for alternatives to the current regime of space production and its suspect growth imperative.’Sound good? Yes. It does.Charlotte has a personal website, as well as space at EPFL. She’s on Instagram too.  +Music credits: ⁠Bruno Gillick 

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Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with industry experts, scholars and practitioners, the podcast unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers marvelous insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. This podcast is not affiliated in the slightest with Ambrose's place of works. All opinions expressed by him are his alone, obvs.