 The building, dull orange in colour, matches the traditional banco architecture of West Africa, as well as that of the soil in the surrounding area.Its tapered shape resembles a termite hill from a distance.The distinctive "horns" (or "bat ears") on the building's top, and its deeply incised, vertically variegated facade are typical decorative elements of Sahelian architecture, found on buildings such as the Great Mosque of Djenné, and strongly resembling the 1923 Bamako Market building.