Peter the Great put Zemtsov in charge of implementing designs by foreign architects such as Trezzini (in whose house Zemtsov took up residence) and Niccolo Michetti (also serving as interpreter for him). In 1723 he travelled to Stockholm in order to hire the most highly skilled masons for the tsar.
During the early part of his career, Zemtsov participated in designing the Summer Garden in St Petersburg and the park in Peterhof Palace. The other project in which he was involved was the design of Catherinethal palace and park in Reval (1718–25). His Italian Palace on the Fontanka Embankment (1726–28) was demolished, and his Anichkov Palace (1741–50) was later rebuilt.
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