The Burj Dubai is Fucking Tall September 14, 2007 Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in September 2007. The Burj Dubai is Fucking Tall http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070913/... The Burj Dubai tower is now 555 metres (1,831.5 feet) tall and has surpassed the 553-metre- (1,824.9-feet) CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which held the record for the world’s tallest free-standing structure since 1976.