In Japan, the tradition of utilizing landscape background as an integral concept of the composition is called shakei, borrowed scenery. A example of this would how Mount Fuji is used as a background in works of art.
As in this image of the Monterrey Hotel in Mexico, the space enclosed by a spectacular view of the Sierra Madre mountains.
Eames chairs surmounted by the sea:
For want of a natural background a created one will do.
Location, location, location:
Whoooooooa, very nice.