6 hours ago · Studio Becker Xu, founded and led by Robert Becker and Sharon Xu, has designed The Dogtrot House, a 3,400-square-foot home on a densely wooded site in Hillsborough, a town just outside of the Raleigh-Durham area. Nestled in a forested grove at the north end of a narrow, 10-acre site, the house is sheltered by oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees, and opens onto an expansive view of a pond.