In 2001, a controversy erupted over the Toyosato Elementary School building (constructed in 1937) in Toyosato-cho, Inugami-gun County, Shiga Prefecture, which was designed by Vories; the dispute arose between the faction, consisting of the town government and the PTA, who wanted to demolish the building and then reconstruct it, and a group consisting of regular citizens (local people like graduates of the school and people connected with construction work) who wanted the school building to be preserved.
2001年、ヴォーリズ建築である滋賀県犬上郡豊郷町豊郷町立豊郷小学校校舎（1937年建設）を巡り、取り壊して改築しようとした町・PTAと、同校舎を残そうと願う一般の人々（卒業生など地元住民、建築関係者）の間で激しい対立が生じた。