Clear Creek Abbey church rising above the Oklahoma hills in warm afternoon light

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Our Lady of the Annunciation Abbey of Clear Creek

Beginning with designs by Thomas Gordon Smith, this new Benedictine Abbey is now in the final stage of construction through our office. Some enhancements are introduced including a monks' observatory and private portico as well as marble flooring and altars for the Abbey church Nave.

The same view with the proposed abbey church drawn in: a tall nave with a rose window and a domed tower rising between the wings. — Clear Creek Abbey — as it stands, with the church proposed

Rendering of a Romanesque church nave viewed from the sanctuary toward a rose window, with tall candlesticks and a processional cross in the foreground.

Rendering of a barrel-vaulted monastic church nave with hanging lanterns leading toward a raised altar.

Rendering of a Romanesque monastery church facade with a bell tower and rose window, adjoining cloister buildings, under a blue sky.

Rendering of a monastery complex with a tall tower, tiled roofs, and the apse of the abbey church, seen from the east under a clear sky.

Rendering of a monastic cloister courtyard with an arcaded walkway, clipped hedges, and a central fountain.

Rendering of the chapter room from 2021: a groin-vaulted hall on stone columns, benches along the walls and lamps hanging from the vaults. — Clear Creek Abbey — the chapter room as rendered in 2021

Photograph of a vaulted stone-columned hall with a herringbone-patterned floor, arched brick niches, and wooden stools arranged for gathering. — Clear Creek Abbey — the chapter room as built

Close view of a stone column capital in the chapter room, a cushion form carved with a pointed leaf beneath a plain abacus and brick arches.

The completed apse and east wing in afternoon sun: tiered brick apses with round-arched windows and the long dormitory range beyond.

Detail of the exterior: a copper-capped cornice stepping around a curved brick apse beneath an overcast sky.

Pale brick piers and round arches inside the abbey, a bench and tall candlesticks set against the wall in raking light.

Photograph of a vaulted brick passage lined with hanging black choir robes, with a monk walking through in motion blur.

A monk's cell: a bed, a desk and chair beneath an arched window, a crucifix on the wall and a stone floor.

Rendering of a monastic refectory with long tables and benches beneath a wood-beamed ceiling, two monks in habits conversing near a wall cross.

Aerial photograph of a monastery complex showing a partially completed dormitory wing under construction beside the finished abbey church and older buildings, surrounded by wooded hills.

Aerial photograph of a monastery building under construction, with exposed concrete block walls, roof framing, and construction equipment, adjacent to the completed abbey church.

Rendering of the east wing dated 2021: a long four-story range with a tiled roof and a domed tower, seen across a meadow at dusk.

Aerial view of the massing model of the full abbey: church, cloister and wings set among trees.

Massing model of the chevet: the abbey church's apse and tower rising beside the east wing.

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