The Palmetto is a 21-story, 346-unit apartment building in the heart of the L.A. Arts District, a neighborhood defined by transition, industry, and creativity. Our design embraces the district’s industrial past and its emerging future. Inspired by the historic warehouses that shaped this area, The Palmetto maintains the raw, minimal aesthetic of its surroundings through large spans, modular structures, and an authentic material palette. Yet, within this industrial framework, we introduce a layered experience: a series of interconnected spaces that invite both residents and the community to engage, connect, and create. The Arts District itself is a canvas, its blank facades transformed into storytelling surfaces. This project hopes to preserve that legacy, serving as a place for art and creativity to remain. The massing responds to the irregular forms found in the district, a varied composition of volumes that play with light, shadow, and texture. Perhaps the most interesting observation of the district is a concept we call "inner grit and outer love," our description of the district’s hard-edged and gritty exterior revealing unexpectedly warm and inviting interiors. The Palmetto retains this tension, balancing an industrial presence with a luminous core.