we could rejuvenate
at a climate resort
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SAYS JONATHAN
ASHMORE, ANARCHITECT
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Founded in 2013
by British architect
Jonathan Ashmore,
ANARCHITECT is
a multiple
award-winning
architecture,
interior architecture and design
practice based in Dubai and London
that specialises in delivering bespoke
projects for design-conscious private
and corporate clients globally. Its
diverse portfolio of built work spans
residential, leisure, hospitality,
workplace and culture, and its unique
approach traces context, narrative,
social engagement and human
behaviour to create spaces and
experiences individual to each
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LIVING and working between the two bustling and dense
cities of London and Dubai and constantly travelling for
projects across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, takes
its health toll. It certainly makes me crave some
destination escapism – to be back in nature, breathe
clean air and rejuvenate with heavy doses of oxygen. It
must be the Yorkshireman in me but rolling green hills
and high altitudes rather than sandy, sun-kissed beaches
is where I feel most alive.
My wife Militza, ANARCHITECT’s head of Creative
Development, is Serbian. [I keep] learning more and more
about the country and – unexpectedly – its cultural
history of regular outings to natural health spa retreats,
often subsidised by the government.
What if we could be prescribed a medicinal visit to an
‘Air Health Retreat’ – public, state-funded climate resorts
throughout Europe? We could check in for a few days to
renew ourselves in a high-altitude purpose-built property,
optimally positioned at the intersection of natural
crosswinds to reap the health benefits.