In The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Douglas Adams argued that airports are inherently ugly. Libraries are, however, I think, innately beautiful. And some are more beautiful than others. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University is one such library.
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(Photo: Lauren Manning)
Bohumil Hrabal, "Too Loud a Solitude"
As for getting trapped in a burning room...I don't know. One would hope his fellow archivists would spare his life for a shelf or two of precious documents. Perhaps not. :p