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Desert Healing

Mendil + Meyer takes inspiration from nature in a modern, calming spa

Fantastical slot canyons -- those long, deep, narrow passages carved into sandstone by flash floods -- are prevalent in the American Southwest. When designing the 22,000 -square-foot centerpiece spa at civana wellness resort in Carefree, Arizona, Scottsdale-based Medil + Meyer Design Studio found inspiration in these natural formations \"and the powerful flow of water as an energy source\" that spawned them, points out principal Ben Meyer.

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