Blink and You Might Miss Michigan’s Chameleon House, Now Listed for $1.2M

Now you see it, now you don’t—this experimental home wrapped in reflective siding mimics the colors of the changing landscape.

Location: 7452 N Manitou Trail, Northport, Michigan

Price: $1,199,000

Architect: Anderson Anderson Architecture

Year Built: 2004

Footprint: 1,650 square feet (three bedrooms, three and a half bath)

Lot Size: 1 acre

From the Agent: "Here’s your opportunity to own the one-and-only, award-winning, nine-level Chameleon House. Designed by San Francisco–based Anderson Anderson Architecture, this property has the unique ability to capture your imagination, but also mimic natural light and color from its surrounding landscape and sun hues due to its innovative translucent polyethylene reflective siding material. The home’s double skin creates a microclimate and thermal differential around the structure, creating a rippling mirage updraft that in the summer sends steaming condensation or in the winter drips melting icicles. Like any work of art, this unique structure captures your attention with wonder and delight."

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