This article sheds light on the essence of the concepts of symbol, icon, and semantics, as well as their role in culture, art, and especially architecture. Symbols and icons, as figurative expressions of human thought, serve to convey ideological, philosophical, and aesthetic meanings through space and form. Semantics is a scientific discipline that analyzes the content of these signs and forms, through which the hidden meanings, historical, and cultural context of architectural objects are revealed. The abstract considers the semantic interpretation of symbols and icons as an important theoretical basis for understanding the architectural environment.