The Emerson, a 271-apartment building, is set to open in October on Bunker Hill near the delayed contemporary art museum from Bill Broad. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The glass-walled Elysian on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park remakes an aging government building into a charismatic apartment complex. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
In Santa Monica, a new seaside complex mixes luxury condominiums and affordable apartments in an intriguing neo-modern design with open space. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The Vermont, a 22-story residential building in Koreatown, sets a sleek tone and is a reminder that such complexes need not follow one pattern. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
