In its early years, the Technion was housed in a building planned by the first head of the Architecture department, Professor Alexander Baerwald (1877–1930) in the Hadar neighborhood in the heart of Haifa.

Yohanan Ratner, who had joined the Faculty in 1925 and had served as Baerwald's assistant, was tasked with the mission of carving out a new path for the Architecture department.

[5] Many of the Faculty's lecturers during its early days were educated at higher learning institutions in Germany and immigrated to Israel with the rise of the Nazi party in 1933.

Among them was the world-renowned planner Alexander Klein, who joined the Faculty in 1935 after serving as an urban planning consultant for the Jewish National Fund.

The unique institution grappled with issues of city planning and housing which addressed Israel's local climate and topography, as well as the contemporaneous economic, health and social circumstances.

[10] In 1970, students refused to participate in courses run by Mansfeld and his peers, and preferred Hashimshoni, Abraham Wachman, and David Yanai.

The students rejoiced over the return to Hadar, and that same year launched the "ArchiParchiTura," an annual Purim parade during the 1970s and 80s on Haifa's Herzl Street, which had been studied as a special project at the Faculty.

Students and lecturers alike petitioned to remain in the building, claiming it offered inspiration and that architectural studies necessitate a connection to the urban fabric, and should not be held in a detached academic environment.

[15] In 2016, part of the architecture school returned to Hadar, as the "Hadarion",[16] which hosts studio courses and classes related to the place and community, as well as other unique projects, such as designing homes from shipping containers.

In several instances, clashes between faculty members, backed by students, were perceived as part of the process of updating and adapting the teaching methods to the changing times.

The first two master's research projects submitted to the Faculty were written by women, one of whom was Ruth Enis, who later cofounded the Landscape Architecture track.