JOSE MORAGUES SPEAKS ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

11/04/2026

On 8 April, our executive director Jose Moragues Puga gave a talk in Valencia alongside Rafael Rueda Arriete on the Church of Our Lady of Loreto in Aduanas del Mar, Jávea, as part of the 2nd Congress on Public Works Heritage and Civil Engineering organised by the College of Civil Engineers of the Valencian Community.

The Church of Our Lady of Loreto is one of the most singular works of contemporary religious architecture in Spain. Conceived as a avant-garde piece, its exposed reinforced concrete structure does not merely support the building: it is the building. Twelve exterior pilasters, symbolising the apostles, hold up a roof that evokes the inverted hull of a vessel. The zenithal light, directed through perimeter skylights, shapes the interior space with an almost sculptural precision. Even the acoustics were conceived as part of the experience.

Built on site in the 1960s, at a time when concrete was not yet industrialised as it is today, the church represented a major technical and constructive milestone. A finalist for the National Architecture Prize and internationally recognised, it remains an outstanding example of structural honesty and beauty without artifice.

Singular Studio would like to thank the College of Civil Engineers of the Valencian Community for the invitation to take part in this congress.