Antonio Amado Lorenzo (La Coruña, Spain, 1956), is an architect and professor at the Departamento de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica at the Universidade da Coruña, where in 1994 he successfully presented his doctoral thesis Central-European Influences on Art Nouveau Architecture in La Coruña. Graphic Analysis. He has given conference speeches and Ph.D. level courses in several countries of Central and South America and Central European universities, including "The Genesis of Le Corbusier´s Architecture". He has also written articles about the French architect, such as "The Last Le Corbusier Interview in Paris", as well as participating in the creation of the catalog and the mounting of the exhibition "A Journey to the World of a Creator Through Twenty Five Architectures" (also about Le Corbusier) He has been teaching at the ETS de Arquitectura da Coruña since 1990 and during this time has also worked privately as an architect and painter.
2011 Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot “Award of Distinction”
Society of Automotive Historians
Awarded by the Society of Automotive Historians to the best researches of the year in English language, related to the history of the automotive industry.
2006 - SPECIAL MENTION - EUROPA NOSTRA AWARDS for the project Rehabilitation of the Pazo de Lestrove
European Heritage Europa Nostra
This award was given to the project of the Rehabilitation of the Pazo de Lestrove, sited in Dodro, A Coruña - Spain. an XVI century building which was rebuilt for its new use as a hotel.
FINALIST in 2007 ARQANO AWARDS
Central & Northwest Association of Architects of Spain
This national award was given to the project of the Rehabilitation of the Pazo de Lestrove, a XVI century building which was rebuilt for its new use as a hotel.