page_title: Aga Khan Award for Architecture
section_title: First (1978–1980)
hierarchical_section_title: Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Award cycles / First (1978–1980)
caption_attribution_description: Terraces in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
context_page_description: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
  The award is associated with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.
context_section_description: The 1980 award ceremony took place at the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan. During this cycle, the Chairman's Award was given to Hassan Fathy in recognition of his lifelong commitment to architecture in the Muslim world. Prominent architect Muzharul Islam was a member of the Master Jury of the first Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
  Award recipients:
  Kampung Improvement Programme, Jakarta, Indonesia
  Pondok Pesantren Pabelan, Central Java, Indonesia
  Ertegün House, Bodrum, Turkey
  Library and conference center of the Turkish Historical Society, Ankara, Turkey
  Mughal Sheraton Hotel, Agra, India
  Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia
  Restoration of the Rüstem Pasa Caravanserai, Edirne, Turkey
  National Museum, Doha, Qatar
  Ali Qapu, Chehel Sutun, and Hasht Behesht Restoration, Isfahan, Iran
  Halawa House, Agamy, Egypt, by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
  Medical Centre, Mopti, Mali
  Courtyard Houses, Agadir, Morocco
  Water Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Centre, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, by Rolf Gutbrod and Frei Otto
  Agricultural Training Centre, Nianing, Senegal
caption: Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis
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