Every great design begins with a call to gather.
An invitation to the architects, builders, and designers shaping the next chapter of luxury residential work along Florida's Emerald Coast.
An afternoon at Walk Your Plans: Emerald Coast.
A state-of-the-art projection studio where architectural drawings are rendered at true 1:1 scale on the floor beneath your feet. For one afternoon each June, the facility becomes the stage for the Panhandle's annual design forum — one hour of AIA-accredited learning, a catered reception, and an immersive walk-through of an actual set of plans.
Residential Elevators: the craft on display.
America's only fully integrated residential elevator company — sales, design, manufacture, and installation under one roof. The plan walk and AIA-accredited hour will draw on active REI projects along the 30A corridor, from custom cab design through finished install. Precision work, rendered in real time.
Accredited learning, rendered at full scale.
"The best projects begin in the rooms where the right people happen to be standing."
Walk Your Plans turns flat drawings into walkable space — a full-scale projection studio that lets a design team stand inside the house before the foundation is poured.
For one afternoon each June, that same facility becomes the stage for the region's annual gathering of luxury residential design professionals. The setting is deliberate: a place where architects and their clients already speak the same dimensional language, where the craft of building can be discussed in the room rather than across a glowing screen.
The programme is compact by design — one AIA-accredited session, one immersive plan walk, one catered reception. Nothing padded, nothing rushed. The kind of afternoon that rewards presence over performance.
Accredited learning.
One hour of AIA continuing education (1 LU / HSW) delivered by practitioners shaping the corridor.
Spatial immersion.
A virtual 1:1 scale walk-through of a real set of plans, staged in the Walk Your Plans projection studio.
Catered reception.
Food and drinks curated for the occasion — an unhurried opportunity to convene the right room.
Annual continuity.
A season-marking tradition for the Florida Panhandle — returning each June, growing in precision, not scale.
An afternoon composed with care.
A three-hour afternoon: credentialing, an AIA-accredited hour, an immersive full-scale walk-through, and a catered reception to close.
Built by the names already building the coast.
An annual tradition is made possible by the firms whose work makes the region what it is.
Emerald Coast
A state-of-the-art projection studio serving the Emerald Coast's architects, builders, and designers. Faster, better design with fewer changes — by walking life-sized plans in the studio before breaking ground.
Santa Rosa Beach · FL
Elevators
America's home elevator company. Family-owned for more than three decades, REI handles sales, design, manufacturing, installation, and service entirely in-house — the nation's only fully integrated residential elevator company.
Tallahassee · FL · Nationwide
Two patron positions remain.
Category exclusivity honored.
In the span of a single coast, let us build it all.
An annual gathering of the people shaping Northwest Florida's residential future. Reserved seating. By enquiry only.
Reserve your seat.
Seating is capped to preserve the pace of the afternoon. Submit your enquiry — confirmation within 48 hours.