The tower consists of a square bottom section, followed by a pyramidical top section. Plants initially grow as rounded shrubs but mature to pyramidical trees. These are composed in a Mannerist, pyramidical construction. The panicle is pyramidical and is long. The porch's roof was carried on pyramidical brownstone-block piers with "eared" corbels. The pyramidical theme was repeated in the front elevations of the terraces. In ancient Somalia, pyramidical structures known in Somali as "taalo" were a popular burial style.