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"Maria Jos\u00E9 Zaragoza\nPunctuated by Color and Ingenuity, Her Barcelona House Comes Alive\n\"My intention was to emphasize textures and color to create a simple yet sophisticated aesthetic,\" interior designer Maria Jos\u00E9 Zaragoza says of her Barcelona house.\nPablo Picasso's 1948 work Escena de Corrida de Toros hangs above the living room fireplace. \"Set against the pale red of the chimney, it comes alive,\" she comments.\nA cantilevered stair serves the house's three stories. Quietud, a 1964 sculpture by Catalan artist Eulalia F\u00E1bregas de Sentmenat, punctuates the atrium's gravel floor.\n\"It would be hard for me to overemphasize the influence of Mediterranean culture and landscape in my work,\" says Zaragoza.\n\nA terrace, accessed from the living room.\nThe designer paired an 18th-century walnut sideboard, which she refers to as the space's focal point, with a contemporary ebony table and chairs in the dining room.\nA shallow pool of water encased in an aluminum-and-glass box is in the middle of the master suite, which has two dressing rooms and a seating area.\nSpanish landscape architect Fernando Caruncho devised a manicured upper terrace with parterres and a crescent-shaped pool. A lower terrace is bordered by palms."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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