One of the pioneers (along with Grigory Dubelir, Arnold Ensch and Mikhail Dikansky) of scientific urban planning in the Soviet Union.

Since the 1860s, he studied the history and traditions of the Caucasian peoples, and translated the resulting materials into Russian and published them in research journals.

A feature of the educational program was equal attention paid to the teaching of engineering-constructive and artistic-plastic academic disciplines[4] In 1898, Semenov received a diploma with a silver medal and began his professional activities.

Private clients also turned to the architect, among them the most famous was the Emir of Bukhara 'Abd al-Ahad Khan, on whose order Semyonov created two dachas.

In 1923, the State Academic Council of the People's Commissariat for Education approved him with the rank of professor in the specialty "Urban Planning".

Projects for Astrakhan, Kuibyshev, Minsk, Stalingrad were developed, and the largest work in which Semenov took part was the planning of the resort and recreational area in Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Yessentuki and Kislovodsk.

The architect considered it necessary to preserve both the established appearance of the central part of the city and the existing radial-ring grid of streets.

Semyonov believed that in the future it would be advisable to expand the so-called Greater Moscow: an agglomeration with the capital in the center and a chain of satellite cities on the periphery.

He believed that the border of the capital should run along the ring road, and behind it there should be a "solid, tightly guarded chain" of city parks: Vorobyovy Gory, Serebryany Bor, Ostankino, Sokolniki and others.

In the article "Moscow to be planned and rebuilt", he emphasized: Let our residential buildings be simple, calm, organized into masses.

With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the implementation of the project was interrupted, but after that Semyonov also worked on a plan for the restoration of the city.

Semyonov preserved the existing planning structure and location of the central part of the city, but at the same time linked the blocks with residential and public buildings from the Don embankment.

We consider a comfortable city to be one that is characterized by an abundance of light, air and greenery, which provides a person with maximum convenience for work, movement, rest and entertainment... We think of greenery not as decorative islands or flower beds scattered here and there, but as large green areas gardens, boulevards and parks, comprehensively covering the entire urban area and being the main element in the architecture of the city.

[13] Vladimir Semyonov retained influence in the professional community even after the death of Joseph Stalin, Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.