Dukes' 92 began life as a small bar, converted in 1991 from an existing coach house in the Castlefield Conservation Area of Manchester. Our work at Dukes' 92 since has involved two projects. The first, in 1998, tripled the size of the existing bar and continued the playful character of an apparently ad-hoc collection of small buildings, set amongst the heroic scale of the surrounding warehouses, viaducts and canals. The works were carried out in parallel with our stage one conversion of the adjacent Bass warehouse into office use. The second, in 2007, is a single storey extension to be used as a dining area that is integrated with the main bar. The fragmented roof form of the extension incorporates a central spine of glazing for day lighting purposes and to provide a visual link with the form of the existing building. The front section of the roof is hung beneath exposed steel frames that express the means of construction and allow varying degrees of intimacy to the volumes within.