Design and construction – challenges for bridge designers and builders. Cable stayed and suspended bridges, Aesthetics and structural consequences. The paper deals with aesthetic and structural aspects of designed pylons for cable stayed or suspension bridges. Author pays attention to fact, that extraordinary structural solution implemented to footbridge or small viaduct can work properly thanks to phenomena of scale effect. Extraordinary structure solution implemented as aesthetic elements to the large bridge can create serious problems with general carrying capacity of structure or at least makes it extremely expensive. Several examples are presented and discussed.