He was educated at the Brunswick Technical College and later studied a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne.
In November 1942, Berg enlisted with the RAAF and was discharged with the rank of flying officer in 1946.
Berg briefly entered into a partnership with Hub Waugh, whom he had worked with in the office of Leighton Irwin, and together they designed a house, based on a triangular plan, in Clayton.
[1] While studying at the University of Melbourne Raymond Berg won the Perrott Prize for Architectural Rendering (1934) and the Grice Bronze Medal for Design (1935).
In later years, while partner of Berg and Alexandra, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1973.