UPPERFOOD

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Location: Ta' L-Ibrag, Malta

Type: Adaptive reuse / Retail

Area: 170 sqm

Status: Completed in 2016

Services: Interiors, Site Supervision, Project Management, Planning approval

Team: Elisa Fedeli & Edward Coppini

Credits: Photographer - Luca Noto

Credits: Murals - Joanna Portelli

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Tiles in herringbone, pristine and deliberate, rise like a measured heartbeat along the walls. “Bianco Carrara” marble stretches across counters, cool and luminous, grounding the space in quiet grandeur. Oak shelves, raw and natural, cradle the hand-painted murals that seem to breathe, telling stories in brushstroke and color. Deep red and cobalt blue metal signs, wrought by hand, command attention—echoes of a time when craft was ritual. The space doesn’t just recall a traditional Italian butcher shop; it reimagines it, layering memory and material into a contemporary ode to the Macelleria.