19/06/2026
Meet Owen Cafe, an experienced landscape architect passionate about strengthening cultural identity within the built environment.
A lot of Owen’s work starts at the whiteboard, mapping relationships between ecology and Country to help guide how cultural practice can inform project thinking from the ground up.
Drawing on a diverse industry background, Owen’s approach focuses on creating both tangible and intangible connections between the built environment and Country, while challenging conventional ideas around the ‘Indigenous aesthetic’.
“Traditional practice, where I’d been for eight years [before Blaklash], is often hampered by its own structures and systems," he says. "Opportunities to embed culture and work closely with community can be limited. I was already trying to explore new ways to do that in my own practice, and it turns out a lot of people were trying to do that too.”
We love Owen's energy that lights up the office and the community, and we’re excited for what’s ahead.
