As architects approach their 60s, many are looking at retirement options and choosing to work beyond age 65. According to ABC News writers Lisa Stark and Megan Carpenter, baby boomers, “compared with their parents are healthier, better educated and expected to live well into their 80s and beyond. The increasing lifespan has given boomers the chance to reinvent themselves and pursue their passions at any age.” The ideal retirement arrangement described by most boomers is reoccurring cycles of work and leisure, part-time work, or owning their own business, according to a Merrill Lynch survey. The definition of retirement for all fields, including architecture, is being reinvented.-- See related link below for original article by Deborah M. DeBernard, AIA.#retirement #Articles