Interest in his style was renewed in later generations and became fashionable throughout Europe, for example in parts of the Loire Valley of France.
Eden od dejavnikov pri širjenju tega vpliva, je bila objava leta 1570 njegove arhitekturne razprave, "I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura" (štiri knjige za arhitekturo), ki določa pravila, drugi pa bi jim lahko sledili.