Lahore, Pakistan, 23 October 1980 - First series of Awards in Architecture have been given at the occasion of the first Aga Khan Award Ceremony in Lahore, Pakistan. Fifteen projects have been selected by the Master Jury :

• Agricultural Training Centre, Nianing, Senegal
• Ali Qapu, Chehl Sotoun & Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran
• Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia
• Courtyard Houses, Agadir, Morocco
• Ertegün House, Bodrum, Turkey
• Halawa House, Agamy, Egypt
• Intercontinental Hotel & Conference Centre, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• Kampung Improvement Programme, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Medical Centre, Mopti, Mali
• Mughal Sheraton Hotel, Agra, India
• National Museum, Doha, Qatar
• Pondok Pesantren Pabelan, Muntilan, Indonesia
• Rüstem Pasa Caravanserai, Edirne, Turkey
• Turkish Historical Society, Ankara, Turkey
• Water Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait