Francisco Fernández Ballesteros. Málaga, 1980.
Architect, graduated from the Technical School of Architecture of Granada. Postgraduate Studies in Urban Planning and Territorial Planning and PhD at the Technical School of Architecture of Malaga.
Since 2006 he has been practicing the liberal profession of architect, developing architecture and urban planning projects. Awarded in 2013 with the Málaga Architecture Award for the best collective housing project.
Arturo López Payer. La Carolina, 1973.
Architect. Graduated from the Higher Technical School of Seville with specializations in Urban Planning and Building, receiving the Second prize Dragados y Construcciones for the Best Diploma Project of 1998 – year from which he started to pursue the liberal profession of architect in the city of Málaga, working on residential and urban planning projects.
Professor at EADE (University of Wales in Malaga) between 2006 and 2011, teaching subjects such as Urban Planning, Theory of Architecture and Architectural Projects.
Has received the Málaga Prize from the Board of Architects for the best single-family residence and the best private equipment building of 2009. Awarded in the social housing competition of the IMV of Malaga in 2008 and won Third Prize at the Europan 8 competition in Prague in 2005.
El Muelle is an architecture studio based in Plaza de la Marina, Málaga. Consisting of a multidisciplinary team of professionals who develop projects related to the different scales of Architecture, Planning and Design, leaded by Francisco Fernández Ballesteros and Arturo López Payer.
They have received various prizes and awards such as the Málaga Prize of the Board of Architects for the Best Collective Housing project of 2013, the Málaga Prize of the Board of Architects for the Best Private Equipment Building of 2009 and the Málaga Prize of the Board of Architects for the best single family home of 2009.
