Known for her engagement with the history of architectural styles—especially the legacy of Modernism and 1950s-1970s examples of concrete architecture—Melsheimer’s works are expressions of her intense research as well as formal investigations. The artist acts as an archeologist of often forgotten or neglected buildings, recreating their distinctive shapes both from her study and from her vivid re-imagining of the forms and the spirit of the structures.

Her objects take a certain amount of free license, sometimes containing elements of fantastic recreation, but are always infused with a deep understanding and sympathy for their architectural sources.