1111 19th Street is a high-rise building in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 The building rises 12 floors

Storey

A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...

 and 157 feet (48 m) in height. The building was designed by architectural firm Heery International

Heery International

Heery International, Inc. is an architectural firm that was founded in 1952 by George T. Heery and his father C. Wilmer Heery, Jr., and is currently headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia...

 and was completed in 1979. As of July 2008, the structure stands as the 24th-tallest building in the city, tied in rank with 1620 L Street

1620 L Street

1620 L Street is a high-rise building in Washington, D.C. The building rises 12 floors and in height. The building was designed by architectural firm Smith, Segreti, Tepper, McMahon & Harned and was completed in 1989...

, 1333 H Street

1333 H Street

1333 H Street is a high-rise building in Washington, D.C. The building rises 12 floors and in height. It was completed in 1982. As of July 2008, the structure stands as the 24th-tallest building in the city, tied in rank with 1620 L Street, 1010 Mass, 1000 Connecticut Avenue, the Republic...

, 1000 Connecticut Avenue

1000 Connecticut Avenue

1000 Connecticut Avenue will be a high-rise skyscraper building located in the United States capital of Washington, D.C.. This building will replace a previous one, built in 1956, that was demolished in the winter of 2007...

, The Republic Building, 1010 Mass

1010 Mass

1010 Mass is a high-rise building in Washington, D.C. The building rises 15 floors and in height. The building was designed by architectural firm Esocoff & Associates and was completed in 2007, making it one of the most recently constructed high-rises in the city...

, the Army and Navy Club Building

Army and Navy Club Building

The Army and Navy Club Building is a high-rise building in Washington, D.C. The building rises 12 floors and in height. The building was designed by architectural firm Shalom Baranes Associates PC and was completed in 1987...

 and the The Watergate Hotel and Office Building

Watergate complex

The Watergate complex is a group of five buildings next to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States. The site contains an office building, three apartment buildings, and a hotel-office building...

. 1111 19th Street is an example of modern architecture

Modern architecture

Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...

, and is composed almost entirely of office space, with 827000 square feet (76,830.8 m²) of commercial area; the three basement

Basement

__FORCETOC__A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system...

 levels are used as parking space

Parking space

A parking space is a location that is designated for parking, either paved or unpaved.Parking spaces can be in a parking garage, in a parking lot or on a city street. It is usually designated by a white-paint-on-tar rectangle indicated by three lines at the top, left and right of the designated area...

, containing a 278-spot parking garage.