Dubugras is considered by many one of the precursors of modern architecture in Latin America, where he achieved prestige for designing major works, such as the re-urbanization of Ladeira da Memória (English: Memory Hill) in 1921 and the Landings and Monuments of Paranapiacaba Mountain, between 1921 and 1922, dedicated to the celebrations of Brazil's Centennial of Independence.

[1] He had intimate contact and worked with important people of the time, such as the then mayor and future president of Brazil, Washington Luís, for whom he rendered services until mid-1927.

One of the works that remains is the Mayrink (or Mairinque) Railroad Station in São Paulo, built between 1906 and 1907 and considered the first reinforced concrete structure made in the state.

It is likely that Dubugras "attended an academy of fine arts or received his professional apprenticeship directly in an office, perhaps from the architect Tamburini in Buenos Aires.

He won second place in the competition for economical houses for the proletariat, a class of completely isolated buildings, organized by Mayor Washington Luis, for whom he did several jobs in later years.

In 1928, the architect moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he developed more outstanding works, such as a restaurant located in Alto da Boa Vista and other condominiums inspired by the garden cities of England.

Soon after, in 1906, Dubugras designed the train station of Mairinque, in São Paulo, which was considered a precursor work of modern architecture in Brazil, built in iron and cement, with relevant characteristics for the time.

The first one was remodeled by Dubugras and the artist José Wasth Rodrigues, at Washington's invitation, where they put a new fountain and a portico with tiles decorated with the city's coat of arms,[8] dedicated to the celebrations of Brazil's Centennial of Independence.

He came in second in the competition for the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro and in the contest for economical houses for the proletariat, in the class completely isolated buildings, organized by his friend Washington Luis, in 1916.

Among prominent international architects such as Oswaldo Bratke and Gerrit Rietveld, Victor Dubugras was one of those who had original drawings and photographic panels exhibited.

[2] The show was divided in two parts: one with original drawings, which were donated to FAU, and of some of his students when Dubugras taught at the Polytechnic School; and another that was composed of photographs that the architect himself used to document the construction of his projects, all of them lent by his great-grandson.