Blake Belanger
Associate Professor - Kansas State University School Of Architecture, Planning, & Design

Blake Belanger, PLA, ASLA is a licensed landscape architect and urban designer with over twenty-five years of experience in professional practice and academia. At Kansas State University since 2007, he teaches design studios, theory seminars, and serves on graduate student committees. Professor Belanger is an engaged scholar specializing in place-inspired brownfield regeneration visioning and has led numerous service-learning projects across the Midwest, including many in Kansas City. His community-engaged work has resulted in dozens of student awards from ASLA and APA regional chapters. He has received numerous honors, including the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Award (2012), the Big 12 Fellowship (2017), College of Architecture Planning and Design McElwee Teaching Awards (2015, 2024), and the TAB+LARCP Faculty Brownfield Fellowship (2024-2027). Professor Belanger holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University and dual Master's degrees in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Colorado at Denver.