Hillevi Svedberg

One of her most successful buildings was the Yrkeskvinnornas Kollektivhus or YK-House (1939) in Stockholm's Gärdet district which she designed in collaboration with Albin Stark (1885–1960).

In 1933, together with Sven Markelius, she turned to more radical work, participating in the design of the collective housing building on Stockholm's John Ericssonsgatan.

She became fully engaged in collective housing design, writing articles and taking up speaking assignments on her work.

[1][3] In 1937, Svedberg won a scholarship from the Sweden-America Foundation which allowed her to spend six months in the United States.

While there she met Catherine Bauer, Eliel Saarinen, Carl Milles, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright and joined a team set up by Franklin D. Roosevelt to plan housing developments.