Gorgeous living roof tops AMY’S Kitchen drive-thru near San Francisco

It's been a year and a half since Amy's Kitchen, an <a href="http://inhabitat.com/amys-kitchen-to-open-all-vegetarian-drive-thru-near-san-francisco-this-summer/" target="_blank">all vegetarian drive thru, opened near San Francisco</a>, and its gorgeous living roof has finally grown in. <a href="http://www.symbiosdesign.com/" target="_blank">SYMBIOS ecotecture</a> originally designed and installed the integrated<a href="http://inhabitat.com/architecture/green-roof/" target="_blank"> living roof</a> to enhance the building’s energy and storm water management performance and offset the building’s impact by providing a habitat for wildlife.

Amy's Kitchen Drive-Thru Restaurant serves all vegetarian, organic and non-GMO food.

A patchwork of pollinator friendly, drought-tolerant and perennial plants sweeps across the roof, a water storage tower holds rainwater and a solar array provides electrons for energy.

The rooftop soil mix contains a percent of Bio-char in order to sequester carbon from the atmosphere.

The rooftop vegetation, soil microbes and soil elements work together to purify the air, consuming and storing carbon dioxide, while producing oxygen.

The site features a 15Kw solar array canopy that the cars drive under on their way to pick-up their meals, as well as charging stations for electric cars.

Storm water generated from the parking lot is directed into bioswales and on-site storm water detection areas in order to clean and sink water into the ground.

AMY’S Drive-Thru Restaurant by SYMBIOS ecotecture