The phrase "a refuge from work" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a place or situation that provides relief or escape from the demands of work.
Example: "After a long week at the office, I found a quiet cabin in the woods to serve as a refuge from work."
Alternatives: "an escape from work" or "a sanctuary from work".
Many of the staff members were talking smack about the boss on instant messenger, a refuge from the realities of working in such a tense environment.
As we discuss her reluctance to embrace fame, I get the sense that this northern theatre provides a refuge from the hubbub of TV work in London.
A misunderstanding with a friend, a lurking sense that your long-term relationship isn't as long term as you'd hoped, family tension: If you've ever thought of work as a refuge from the things that aren't going so well in your personal life, you may be in denial, new research suggests.
Patterson, one of the first public housing projects in the Bronx, offered working families a refuge from the dangers of street life, said Professor Mark D. Naison, a professor of African and African-American studies and history at Fordham University and co-writer of Mr. Jones's memoir.
In his 80's, Mr. Michener wrote to Professor Beatty: "The hillside provided a refuge from the disturbances of the prison, the work a release; and it became an obsession.
The family, therefore, seems to serve as a refuge from the antagonistic arena of markets, economies, and work as well as a unit of reproduction both in biological terms and in terms of reintroducing those dualisms.
Anyone who works at home needs a refuge from the rest of the household, as far from the house as possible, and definitely without a phone.
For Mazen Hammad, who works for the Ministry of Health, his garden was a refuge from the violence.
For Leah Ragazzo, 45, who works in information technology at an insurance company, trapeze provides a refuge from the doldrums of corporate life.
