The traditional house of West Sumatra, especially from ethnic Minangkabau called "Rumah Gadang". Usually built on a plot of land belonging to the parent family in the tribe / people are hereditary. Not far from gadang house complexes are usually also built a mosque that serves as a place of worship and residence of the adult male but not yet married.
Tower House is made rectangular and divided into two front and rear portion, generally made of wood, and a cursory look like a house on stilts with the roof shape of a typical, stand out like a buffalo horn, the local community and was formerly called gonjong roof is made from fibers before switching with a tin roof. Bagonjong house is inspired by the local community of legend, which tells of the arrival of their ancestors by boat from the sea. Another characteristic of this traditional house is not wearing metal spikes but the use of wooden pegs, yet powerful enough as a binder.