Minangkabau

minangkabau also known as rumah gadang. it's a "house with horn-like roof" are the traditional homes of the Minangkabau. The construction for internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect the culture and values of Minangkabau. Function is to serve as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. Women of the family who lives there. owns the house. The houses have dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables. Shuttered windows are built into walls incised with profuse painted floral carvings.

It is rectangular in plan, with multiple gables and up sweeping ridges, forming buffalo horn-like ends.
The Minangkabau royal palace at Pagaruyung has three roofs which rise in tiers; the first two rise laterally and the top room transversally. Extensions at either side add a further two roof forms.