Buildings do not exist in isolation, and architecture photography is usually stronger when it acknowledges that. Streets, neighbouring structures, trees, traffic, and weather can all help explain the space rather than distract from it.
Context matters most when the brief is commercial. Agents, developers, and design teams often need the viewer to understand not just the building, but also its setting and how it feels to approach it.
That does not mean every frame should be wide. It means the final set should include enough environmental information that the project feels placed in the real world, not clipped out of it.
The best urban images do this quietly. They keep the building central, while letting the city explain scale, rhythm, and use around it.