Rich pins hopes on f undraising

摘要

Carefully ranged on the smoked glass tables in the lobby of the Riba's headquarters are piles of glossy brochures advertising its winter programme of talks and exhibitions. It is possible the booklets will become collectors' items one day: they are the last the Riba Trust will ever publish. The man who controversially beheaded the trust is Harry Rich, the Riba's chief executive. He believes streamlining operations by absorbing Riba's cultural arm into the main organisation will mean fewer talking-shop meetings and more time spent achieving his three key priorities for 2011.